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CANELLACEAE

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Canellaceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Canellaceae"):

genus Canella (one species)

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

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)

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