AMENTIFERAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amentiferae mean? 

• AMENTIFERAE (noun)
  The noun AMENTIFERAE has 1 sense:

1. used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins

  Familiarity information: AMENTIFERAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMENTIFERAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amentiferae; group Amentiferae

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

taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

Holonyms ("Amentiferae" 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)