PLATANACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platanaceae mean? 

• PLATANACEAE (noun)
  The noun PLATANACEAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees

  Familiarity information: PLATANACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATANACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Platanaceae; plane-tree family; Platanaceae

Hypernyms ("Platanaceae" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Platanaceae"):

genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)

Holonyms ("Platanaceae" is a member of...):

order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)