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    MAGNOLIA FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietiaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("magnolia 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 "magnolia family"):

    genus Illicium; Illicium (anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves)

    genus Magnolia (shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera)

    genus Manglietia; manglietia (a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China)

    genus Liriodendron; Liriodendron (tulip trees)

    Holonyms ("magnolia 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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