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COMBRETUM FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does combretum family mean?
• COMBRETUM FAMILY (noun)
The noun COMBRETUM FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
Familiarity information: COMBRETUM FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae
Hypernyms ("combretum family" 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 "combretum family"):
dhava; dhawa (an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum)
genus Combretum (type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees)
Conocarpus; genus Conocarpus (monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree)
genus Laguncularia; Laguncularia (a genus of Laguncularia)
Holonyms ("combretum family" is a member of...):
Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)
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