buxaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Buxaceae*:
NOUN	plant	Buxaceae, family Buxaceae, box family	widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees

English > *Buxaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees.
Synonyms	family Buxaceae, box family
Member of	Sapindales, order Sapindales	An order of dicotyledonous plants
Members	Buxus, genus Buxus	type genus of the Buxaceae
Members	genus Pachysandra	evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs
Broader	dicot family, magnoliopsid family	family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanish	buxáceas
Catalan	Buxaceae

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