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CANELLACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Canellaceae mean?
• CANELLACEAE (noun)
The noun CANELLACEAE has 1 sense:
1. one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
Familiarity information: CANELLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
canella family; Canellaceae; family Canellaceae
Hypernyms ("Canellaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Canellaceae"):
genus Canella (one species)
Holonyms ("Canellaceae" is a member of...):
Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)
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