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CANELLA FAMILY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
One genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
Synonyms:
canella family; Canellaceae; family Canellaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("canella family" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "canella family"):
genus Canella (one species)
Holonyms ("canella family" is a member of...):
Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)