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FAMILY MYRISTICACEAE

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 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 seedsplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MYRISTICACEAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY MYRISTICACEAE (noun)


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)


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