FAMILY THEACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Theaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY THEACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Theaceae; tea family; Theaceae

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

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "family Theaceae"):

genus Camellia (tropical Asiatic evergreen shrubs or small trees)

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

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)