family theophrastaceae

Noun
  1. Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae;
    Often included in the Myrsinaceae (synset 112120073)
    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 jacquinia, jacquinia - sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae
    belongs to: order primulales, primulales - Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae
    same as: theophrastaceae

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