HyperDic: walnut_family

English > 1 sense of the expression walnut family:
NOUNplantwalnut family, Juglandaceae, family Juglandaceaetrees having usually edible nuts
English > walnut family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTrees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans.
SynonymsJuglandaceae, family Juglandaceae
Member ofJuglandales, order Juglandalescoextensive with the family Juglandaceae
MembersCarya, genus Caryagenus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees
Juglans, genus Juglanstype genus of the Juglandaceae
Pterocarya, genus Pterocarya(Asiatic nut trees) wing nuts
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishjuglandáceas
CatalanJuglandaceae

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