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AMYGDALACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Amygdalaceae mean?
• AMYGDALACEAE (noun)
The noun AMYGDALACEAE has 1 sense:
1. used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
Familiarity information: AMYGDALACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amygdalaceae; family Amygdalaceae
Hypernyms ("Amygdalaceae" 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 "Amygdalaceae"):
Amygdalus; genus Amygdalus (used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus)
Holonyms ("Amygdalaceae" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
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