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    CALYCANTHUS FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("calycanthus family" is a kind of...):

    magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "calycanthus family"):

    Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus (a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice)

    Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)

    Holonyms ("calycanthus family" is a member of...):

    order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)

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