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NUTMEG FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds

Synonyms:

family Myristicaceae; Myristicaceae; nutmeg family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nutmeg 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 "nutmeg family"):

genus Myristica; Myristica (type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits)

Holonyms ("nutmeg 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)

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