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    BUXACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Widely distributed evergreen shrubs and treesplay

    Synonyms:

    box family; Buxaceae; family Buxaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Buxaceae" 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 "Buxaceae"):

    Buxus; genus Buxus (type genus of the Buxaceae)

    genus Pachysandra (evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs)

    Holonyms ("Buxaceae" is a member of...):

    order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)

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