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MYRISTICACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Myristicaceae mean?
• MYRISTICACEAE (noun)
The noun MYRISTICACEAE has 1 sense:
1. family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
Familiarity information: MYRISTICACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Myristicaceae; Myristicaceae; nutmeg family
Hypernyms ("Myristicaceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Myristicaceae"):
genus Myristica; Myristica (type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits)
Holonyms ("Myristicaceae" 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)
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