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LECYTHIDACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lecythidaceae mean?
• LECYTHIDACEAE (noun)
The noun LECYTHIDACEAE has 1 sense:
1. large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
Familiarity information: LECYTHIDACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Lecythidaceae; Lecythidaceae
Hypernyms ("Lecythidaceae" 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 "Lecythidaceae"):
genus Grias; Grias (anchovy pear tree)
Bertholletia; genus Bertholletia (brazil nut)
Holonyms ("Lecythidaceae" 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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