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PLATANACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
Synonyms:
family Platanaceae; plane-tree family; Platanaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Platanaceae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Platanaceae"):
genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)
Holonyms ("Platanaceae" is a member of...):
order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)