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MAGNOLIA FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
Synonyms:
family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("magnolia family" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "magnolia family"):
genus Illicium; Illicium (anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves)
genus Magnolia (shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera)
genus Manglietia; manglietia (a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China)
genus Liriodendron; Liriodendron (tulip trees)
Holonyms ("magnolia family" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)
