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LECYTHIDACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins

Synonyms:

family Lecythidaceae; Lecythidaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lecythidaceae" 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 "Lecythidaceae"):

genus Grias; Grias (anchovy pear tree)

Bertholletia; genus Bertholletia (brazil nut)

Holonyms ("Lecythidaceae" is a member of...):

Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)

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