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STRELITZIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Strelitziaceae mean?
• STRELITZIACEAE (noun)
The noun STRELITZIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
Familiarity information: STRELITZIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Strelitziaceae; strelitzia family; Strelitziaceae
Hypernyms ("Strelitziaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Strelitziaceae"):
genus Strelitzia; Strelitzia (small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae)
genus Ravenala (woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae)
Holonyms ("Strelitziaceae" is a member of...):
Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)
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