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AVICENNIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Avicenniaceae mean?
• AVICENNIACEAE (noun)
The noun AVICENNIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia
Familiarity information: AVICENNIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Avicenniaceae; family Avicenniaceae
Hypernyms ("Avicenniaceae" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Holonyms ("Avicenniaceae" is a member of...):
family Verbenaceae; verbena family; Verbenaceae; vervain family (family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees)
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