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    FAMILY MYRTACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oilplay

    Synonyms:

    family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Myrtaceae" 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 Myrtaceae"):

    myrtaceous tree (trees and shrubs)

    genus Myrtus; Myrtus (type genus of the Myrtaceae)

    genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)

    Eugenia; genus Eugenia (tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood)

    genus Feijoa (small South American shrubs or trees)

    genus Jambos; Jambos (used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos))

    genus Myrciaria; Myrcia; Myrciaria (a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family)

    genus Psidium; Psidium (guavas)

    genus Eucalyptus (tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves)

    genus Syzygium; Syzygium (a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere)

    Holonyms ("family Myrtaceae" 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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