spindle-tree_family (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *spindle-tree family*:
NOUN	plant	spindle-tree family, Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, staff-tree family	trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits

English > *spindle-tree family*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits.
Synonyms	Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, staff-tree family
Member of	Sapindales, order Sapindales	An order of dicotyledonous plants
Members	Catha, genus Catha	A genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers
	Celastrus, genus Celastrus	Genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia
	Euonymus, genus Euonymus	widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines
Broader	dicot family, magnoliopsid family	family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanish	celastráceas

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