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THEOPHRASTACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Theophrastaceae mean?
• THEOPHRASTACEAE (noun)
The noun THEOPHRASTACEAE has 1 sense:
1. family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
Familiarity information: THEOPHRASTACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Theophrastaceae; Theophrastaceae
Hypernyms ("Theophrastaceae" 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 "Theophrastaceae"):
genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)
Holonyms ("Theophrastaceae" is a member of...):
order Primulales; Primulales (Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae)
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