NOUN | plant | family Elaeocarpaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family | genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber |
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Meaning | genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae. | |
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Synonyms | Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family | |
Member of | Malvales, order Malvales | Malvaceae |
Members | Aristotelia, genus Aristotelia | small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America |
Elaeocarpus, genus Elaeocarpus | type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae | |
Muntingia, genus Muntingia | One species | |
Sloanea, genus Sloanea | genus of tropical hardwood timber trees | |
Broader | dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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