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HOLLY FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Widely distributed shrubs and trees

Synonyms:

Aquifoliaceae; family Aquifoliaceae; holly family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("holly family" 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 "holly family"):

genus Ilex; Ilex (a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies))

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

order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)

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