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LEITNERIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order

Synonyms:

corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Leitneriaceae" 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 "Leitneriaceae"):

genus Leitneria; Leitneria (one species: corkwood)

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

Myricales; order Myricales (coextensive with the family Myricaceae)

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