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CALYCANTHUS FAMILY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
Synonyms:
Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calycanthus family" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "calycanthus family"):
Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus (a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice)
Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)
Holonyms ("calycanthus family" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)