ELAEAGNACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elaeagnaceae mean? 

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

1. shrubs or small trees often armed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELAEAGNACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubs or small trees often armed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family

Hypernyms ("Elaeagnaceae" 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 "Elaeagnaceae"):

Elaeagnus; genus Elaeagnus (oleaster)

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

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