HyperDic: beech_family

English > 1 sense of the expression beech family:
NOUNplantbeech family, Fagaceae, family Fagaceaechiefly monoecious trees and shrubs
English > beech family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus.
SynonymsFagaceae, family Fagaceae
Member ofFagales, order FagalesAn order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
MembersCastanea, genus Castaneachestnuts
Castanopsis, genus Castanopsisevergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage
Chrysolepis, genus ChrysolepisTwo species
Fagus, genus Fagusbeeches
Lithocarpus, genus Lithocarpustanbark oaks
Nothofagus, genus Nothofagusbeeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa
Quercus, genus QuercusOaks
Broaderhamamelid dicot familyfamily of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
Spanishfagáceas
CatalanFagaceae, fagàcia, fagàcies

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