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PUNICACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Punicaceae mean?
• PUNICACEAE (noun)
The noun PUNICACEAE has 1 sense:
1. one species: pomegranates
Familiarity information: PUNICACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: pomegranates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Punicaceae; Punicaceae
Hypernyms ("Punicaceae" 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 "Punicaceae"):
genus Punica; Punica (coextensive with the family Punicaceae)
Holonyms ("Punicaceae" is a member of...):
Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)
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