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ELAEOCARPACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elaeocarpaceae mean?
• ELAEOCARPACEAE (noun)
The noun ELAEOCARPACEAE has 1 sense:
1. genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae
Familiarity information: ELAEOCARPACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elaeocarpaceae; elaeocarpus family; family Elaeocarpaceae
Hypernyms ("Elaeocarpaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Elaeocarpaceae"):
Elaeocarpus; genus Elaeocarpus (type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae)
Aristotelia; genus Aristotelia (small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America)
genus Muntingia; Muntingia (one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae)
genus Sloanea; Sloanea (genus of tropical hardwood timber trees)
Holonyms ("Elaeocarpaceae" is a member of...):
Malvales; order Malvales (Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae)
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