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ELAEOCARPUS FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae
Synonyms:
Elaeocarpaceae; elaeocarpus family; family Elaeocarpaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("elaeocarpus family" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "elaeocarpus family"):
Elaeocarpus; genus Elaeocarpus (type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae)
Aristotelia; genus Aristotelia (small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America)
genus Muntingia; Muntingia (one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae)
genus Sloanea; Sloanea (genus of tropical hardwood timber trees)
Holonyms ("elaeocarpus family" is a member of...):
Malvales; order Malvales (Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae)
