tamarisk family

Noun
  1. Family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes) (synset 112406556)
    is a type of: dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
    member holonym:
    • genus tamarix, tamarix - genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
    • genus myricaria, myricaria - small genus of deciduous shrubs or subshrubs of southern Europe to Siberia and China; tolerant of chalky soil
    belongs to: hypericales, order hypericales, order parietales, parietales - a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
    same as: family tamaricaceae, tamaricaceae

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