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SANTALACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit
Synonyms:
family Santalaceae; sandalwood family; Santalaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Santalaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Santalaceae"):
genus Santalum; Santalum (parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia)
genus Buckleya (small genus of Asiatic and American parasitic shrubs)
Comandra; genus Comandra (small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants)
Eucarya; Fusanus; genus Eucarya; genus Fusanus (quandong trees)
genus Pyrularia; Pyrularia (small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs)
Holonyms ("Santalaceae" is a member of...):
order Santalales; Santalales (order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots)
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