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    WAX-MYRTLE FAMILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Constituting the order Myricalesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Myricaceae; Myricaceae; wax-myrtle family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("wax-myrtle family" 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 "wax-myrtle family"):

    genus Myrica; Myrica (deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees)

    Comptonia; genus Comptonia (one species: sweet fern)

    Holonyms ("wax-myrtle family" is a member of...):

    Myricales; order Myricales (coextensive with the family Myricaceae)

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