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CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cercidiphyllaceae mean?
• CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE (noun)
The noun CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE has 1 sense:
1. one genus
Familiarity information: CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One genus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cercidiphyllaceae; family Cercidiphyllaceae
Hypernyms ("Cercidiphyllaceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Cercidiphyllaceae"):
Cercidiphyllum; genus Cercidiphyllum (one species: katsura tree)
Holonyms ("Cercidiphyllaceae" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)
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