family celastraceae

Noun
  1. Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits (synset 112768323)
    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:
    • catha, genus catha - a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers
    • celastrus, genus celastrus - genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet
    • euonymus, genus euonymus - widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines
    belongs to: order sapindales, sapindales - an order of dicotyledonous plants
    same as: celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family

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