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    ELAEOCARPUS FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Elaeocarpaceae; elaeocarpus family; family Elaeocarpaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "elaeocarpus family"):

    Elaeocarpus; genus Elaeocarpus (type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae)

    Aristotelia; genus Aristotelia (small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America)

    genus Muntingia; Muntingia (one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae)

    genus Sloanea; Sloanea (genus of tropical hardwood timber trees)

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

    Malvales; order Malvales (Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae)

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