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BETULACEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Betulaceae (monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis))
Derivation:
Betulaceae (monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis))