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MAPLE FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples

Synonyms:

Aceraceae; family Aceraceae; maple family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("maple 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 "maple family"):

Acer; genus Acer (type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit)

Dipteronia; genus Dipteronia (small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China)

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

order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)

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