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WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera
Synonyms:
family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("witch-hazel family" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot family (family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "witch-hazel family"):
genus Hamamelis; Hamamelis (deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel)
Corylopsis; genus Corylopsis (small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia)
Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla (small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States)
genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar (sweet gum)
genus Parrotia; Parrotia (one species: iron tree)
genus Parrotiopsis; Parrotiopsis (one species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains)
Holonyms ("witch-hazel family" is a member of...):
Hamamelidae; subclass Hamamelidae (a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder)
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