family nyssaceae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees (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 nyssa, nyssa,
definition	:	tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	myrtales, order myrtales, order thymelaeales, thymelaeales,
definition	:	Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae (noun.plant)