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WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY

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Meaning:

Comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera

Synonyms:

family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("witch-hazel family" is a kind of...):

hamamelid dicot family (family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)

Meronyms (members of "witch-hazel family"):

genus Hamamelis; Hamamelis (deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel)

Corylopsis; genus Corylopsis (small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia)

Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla (small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States)

genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar (sweet gum)

genus Parrotia; Parrotia (one species: iron tree)

genus Parrotiopsis; Parrotiopsis (one species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains)

Holonyms ("witch-hazel family" is a member of...):

Hamamelidae; subclass Hamamelidae (a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder)

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