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AMYGDALACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus

Synonyms:

Amygdalaceae; family Amygdalaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Amygdalaceae" is a kind of...):

dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Amygdalaceae"):

Amygdalus; genus Amygdalus (used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus)

Holonyms ("Amygdalaceae" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

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