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    NUTMEG FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seedsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Myristicaceae; Myristicaceae; nutmeg family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("nutmeg 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 "nutmeg family"):

    genus Myristica; Myristica (type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits)

    Holonyms ("nutmeg 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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