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WAX-MYRTLE FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting the order Myricales
Synonyms:
family Myricaceae; Myricaceae; wax-myrtle family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wax-myrtle family" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "wax-myrtle family"):
genus Myrica; Myrica (deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees)
Comptonia; genus Comptonia (one species: sweet fern)
Holonyms ("wax-myrtle family" is a member of...):
Myricales; order Myricales (coextensive with the family Myricaceae)
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