FAMILY CAESALPINIACEAE

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Meaning:

Spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae

Synonyms:

Caesalpiniaceae; family Caesalpiniaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Caesalpiniaceae" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Holonyms ("family Caesalpiniaceae" is a member of...):

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

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