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COMBRETACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Combretaceae mean? 

COMBRETACEAE (noun)
  The noun COMBRETACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtalesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


COMBRETACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae

Hypernyms ("Combretaceae" 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 "Combretaceae"):

dhava; dhawa (an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum)

genus Combretum (type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees)

Conocarpus; genus Conocarpus (monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree)

genus Laguncularia; Laguncularia (a genus of Laguncularia)

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

Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)


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