English Dictionary |
FAMILY MYRISTICACEAE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does family Myristicaceae mean?
• FAMILY MYRISTICACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MYRISTICACEAE has 1 sense:
1. family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
Familiarity information: FAMILY MYRISTICACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Myristicaceae; Myristicaceae; nutmeg family
Hypernyms ("family Myristicaceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "family Myristicaceae"):
genus Myristica; Myristica (type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits)
Holonyms ("family Myristicaceae" 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)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours." (Native American proverbs and quotes, Chief Tecumseh)
"Silence is the sign of approval." (Arabic proverb)
"Pulled too far, a rope ends up breaking." (Corsican proverb)