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STAPHYLACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Staphylaceae mean? 

STAPHYLACEAE (noun)
  The noun STAPHYLACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zoneplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STAPHYLACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bladdernut family; family Staphylaceae; Staphylaceae

Hypernyms ("Staphylaceae" 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 "Staphylaceae"):

genus Staphylea; Staphylea (a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae)

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

order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)


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