elm family

Noun
  1. A dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema (synset 112425448)
    is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym:
    • genus ulmus, ulmus - type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions
    • celtis, genus celtis - large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit
    • genus planera, planera - a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States
    • genus trema, trema - an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia
    belongs to: order urticales, urticales - an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
    same as: family ulmaceae, ulmaceae

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