FAMILY CALYCANTHACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Calycanthaceae mean? 

• FAMILY CALYCANTHACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CALYCANTHACEAE has 1 sense:

1. shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CALYCANTHACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CALYCANTHACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family

Hypernyms ("family Calycanthaceae" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "family Calycanthaceae"):

Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus (a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice)

Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)

Holonyms ("family Calycanthaceae" is a member of...):

order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)