PINACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A family of Pinaceae

Synonyms:

family Pinaceae; Pinaceae; pine family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pinaceae" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Pinaceae"):

genus Pinus; Pinus (type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines)

genus Larix; Larix (larches)

genus Pseudolarix; Pseudolarix (one species: golden larch)

Abies; genus Abies (true firs)

Cedrus; genus Cedrus (true cedars)

genus Picea; Picea (a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce))

genus Tsuga; Tsuga (hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce)

genus Pseudotsuga; Pseudotsuga (douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya)

genus Cathaya (one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix)

genus Keteleeria (a genus of keteleeria)

Holonyms ("Pinaceae" is a member of...):

Coniferales; order Coniferales (profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves)