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NYSSACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nyssaceae mean?
• NYSSACEAE (noun)
The noun NYSSACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
Familiarity information: NYSSACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Nyssaceae; Nyssaceae; sour-gum family; tupelo family
Hypernyms ("Nyssaceae" 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 "Nyssaceae"):
genus Nyssa; Nyssa (tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds)
Holonyms ("Nyssaceae" 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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