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WAX-MYRTLE FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting the order Myricales

Synonyms:

family Myricaceae; Myricaceae; wax-myrtle family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wax-myrtle 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 "wax-myrtle family"):

genus Myrica; Myrica (deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees)

Comptonia; genus Comptonia (one species: sweet fern)

Holonyms ("wax-myrtle family" is a member of...):

Myricales; order Myricales (coextensive with the family Myricaceae)

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