HyperDic: laurel_family

English > 1 sense of the expression laurel family:
NOUNplantlaurel family, Lauraceae, family Lauraceaea family of Lauraceae
English > laurel family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of Lauraceae.
SynonymsLauraceae, family Lauraceae
Member ofRanales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculalesherbs, shrubs and trees
MembersBenzoin, genus BenzoinUsed in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera
Cinnamomum, genus CinnamomumAsiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
Laurus, genus Laurussmall evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
Lindera, genus Linderaaromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America
Persea, genus Perseaavocado
Umbellularia, genus Umbellulariaaromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast
genus SassafrasA genus of sassafras
laurelAny of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
Broadermagnoliid dicot familyfamily of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Spanishlauráceas
CatalanLauraceae, lauràcia

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