family myricaceae

English Thesaurus

1. constituting the order Myricales (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot family, magnoliopsid family,
definition	:	family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus myrica, myrica,
definition	:	deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	comptonia, genus comptonia,
definition	:	one species: sweet fern (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	myricales, order myricales,
definition	:	coextensive with the family Myricaceae (noun.plant)