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    FAMILY COMBRETACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtalesplay

    Synonyms:

    Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Combretaceae" 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 "family Combretaceae"):

    dhava; dhawa (an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum)

    genus Combretum (type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees)

    Conocarpus; genus Conocarpus (monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree)

    genus Laguncularia; Laguncularia (a genus of Laguncularia)

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

    Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)

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