FAMILY CORYLACEAE

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Meaning:

Used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus

Synonyms:

Corylaceae; family Corylaceae; subfamily Corylaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

hamamelid dicot family (family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)

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

Betulaceae; birch family; family Betulaceae (monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis))

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