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FAMILY ELAEAGNACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Elaeagnaceae mean?
• FAMILY ELAEAGNACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ELAEAGNACEAE has 1 sense:
1. shrubs or small trees often armed
Familiarity information: FAMILY ELAEAGNACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubs or small trees often armed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family
Hypernyms ("family Elaeagnaceae" 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 "family Elaeagnaceae"):
Elaeagnus; genus Elaeagnus (oleaster)
Holonyms ("family Elaeagnaceae" 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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