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CLETHRACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Clethraceae mean?
• CLETHRACEAE (noun)
The noun CLETHRACEAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Clethra
Familiarity information: CLETHRACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Clethra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Clethraceae; family Clethraceae; white-alder family
Hypernyms ("Clethraceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Clethraceae"):
Clethra; genus Clethra (type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet)
Holonyms ("Clethraceae" is a member of...):
Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)
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