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THEACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales

Synonyms:

family Theaceae; tea family; Theaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Theaceae" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Theaceae"):

genus Camellia (tropical Asiatic evergreen shrubs or small trees)

Holonyms ("Theaceae" is a member of...):

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)

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