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    FAMILY THEOPHRASTACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    family Theophrastaceae; Theophrastaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Theophrastaceae" 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 "family Theophrastaceae"):

    genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)

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

    order Primulales; Primulales (Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae)

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