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WHITE-ALDER FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Clethra
Synonyms:
Clethraceae; family Clethraceae; white-alder family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("white-alder family" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "white-alder family"):
Clethra; genus Clethra (type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet)
Holonyms ("white-alder family" is a member of...):
Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)