myrtle family

1. Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil (synset 112350416)
   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:

   • myrtaceous tree - trees and shrubs
   • genus myrtus, myrtus - type genus of the Myrtaceae
   • genus pimenta, pimenta - allspice tree
   • eugenia, genus eugenia - tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood
   • genus feijoa - small South American shrubs or trees
   • genus jambos, jambos - used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos)
   • genus myrciaria, myrcia, myrciaria - a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family
   • genus psidium, psidium - guavas
   • genus eucalyptus - tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves
   • genus syzygium, syzygium - a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere
   belongs to: myrtales, order myrtales, order thymelaeales, thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
   same as: family myrtaceae, myrtaceae

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