CAESALPINIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caesalpiniaceae mean? 

• CAESALPINIACEAE (noun)
  The noun CAESALPINIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae

  Familiarity information: CAESALPINIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAESALPINIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caesalpiniaceae; family Caesalpiniaceae

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

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

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

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)