WHITE-ALDER FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white-alder family mean? 

• WHITE-ALDER FAMILY (noun)
  The noun WHITE-ALDER FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Clethra

  Familiarity information: WHITE-ALDER FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE-ALDER FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Clethra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clethraceae; family Clethraceae; white-alder family

Hypernyms ("white-alder family" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "white-alder family"):

Clethra; genus Clethra (type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet)

Holonyms ("white-alder family" is a member of...):

Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)