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CASUARINACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One genus: genus Casuarina

Synonyms:

Casuarinaceae; family Casuarinaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Casuarinaceae" 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 "Casuarinaceae"):

genus Casuarina (genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales)

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

Casuarinales; order Casuarinales (order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae)

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