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OLEASTER FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubs or small trees often armed

Synonyms:

Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("oleaster 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 "oleaster family"):

Elaeagnus; genus Elaeagnus (oleaster)

Holonyms ("oleaster family" 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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