FAMILY SCIADOPITYACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sciadopityaceae mean? 

• FAMILY SCIADOPITYACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY SCIADOPITYACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SCIADOPITYACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Sciadopityaceae; Sciadopityaceae

Hypernyms ("family Sciadopityaceae" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "family Sciadopityaceae"):

genus Sciadopitys; Sciadopitys (type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines)

Holonyms ("family Sciadopityaceae" is a member of...):

Coniferales; order Coniferales (profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves)