maple family

Noun
  1. A family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples (synset 112772583)
    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:
    • acer, genus acer - type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
    • dipteronia, genus dipteronia - small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China
    belongs to: order sapindales, sapindales - an order of dicotyledonous plants
    same as: aceraceae, family aceraceae

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