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PINACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Pinaceae
Synonyms:
family Pinaceae; Pinaceae; pine family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pinaceae" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Pinaceae"):
genus Pinus; Pinus (type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines)
genus Larix; Larix (larches)
genus Pseudolarix; Pseudolarix (one species: golden larch)
Abies; genus Abies (true firs)
Cedrus; genus Cedrus (true cedars)
genus Picea; Picea (a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce))
genus Tsuga; Tsuga (hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce)
genus Pseudotsuga; Pseudotsuga (douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya)
genus Cathaya (one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix)
genus Keteleeria (a genus of keteleeria)
Holonyms ("Pinaceae" is a member of...):
Coniferales; order Coniferales (profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves)
