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THEOPHRASTACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae

Synonyms:

family Theophrastaceae; Theophrastaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Theophrastaceae" 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 "Theophrastaceae"):

genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)

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

order Primulales; Primulales (Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae)

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