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LEITNERIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leitneriaceae mean?
• LEITNERIACEAE (noun)
The noun LEITNERIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order
Familiarity information: LEITNERIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae
Hypernyms ("Leitneriaceae" 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 "Leitneriaceae"):
genus Leitneria; Leitneria (one species: corkwood)
Holonyms ("Leitneriaceae" is a member of...):
Myricales; order Myricales (coextensive with the family Myricaceae)
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