HyperDic: myrsine_family

English > 1 sense of the expression myrsine family:
NOUNplantmyrsine family, Myrsinaceae, family Myrsinaceaefamily of Old World tropical trees and shrubs
English > myrsine family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfamily of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida.
SynonymsMyrsinaceae, family Myrsinaceae
Member ofPrimulales, order PrimulalesPrimulaceae
MembersArdisia, genus ArdisiaTropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas
Myrsine, genus Myrsine(New Zealand) evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
CatalanMyrsinaceae

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