MYRTLE FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myrtle family mean? 

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

1. trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYRTLE FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family

Hypernyms ("myrtle family" 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 "myrtle family"):

myrtaceous tree (trees and shrubs)

genus Myrtus; Myrtus (type genus of the Myrtaceae)

genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)

Eugenia; genus Eugenia (tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood)

genus Feijoa (small South American shrubs or trees)

genus Jambos; Jambos (used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos))

genus Myrciaria; Myrcia; Myrciaria (a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family)

genus Psidium; Psidium (guavas)

genus Eucalyptus (tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves)

genus Syzygium; Syzygium (a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere)

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

Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)

 Context examples 

A tree that is a member of the myrtle family.

(Melaleuca alternifolia, NCI Dictionary)

A type of evergreen tree that is a member of the myrtle family.

(Eucalyptus, NCI Dictionary)