myristicaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Myristicaceae*:
NOUN	plant	Myristicaceae, family Myristicaceae, nutmeg family	family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds

English > *Myristicaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds.
Synonyms	family Myristicaceae, nutmeg family
Member of	Ranales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculales	herbs, shrubs and trees
Members	Myristica, genus Myristica	type genus of Myristicaceae
Broader	magnoliid dicot family	family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Spanish	miristicáceas
Catalan	miristicàcia

HyperDic: myristicaceae