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fagaceae
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fagaceae has 1 sense
- fagaceae(n = noun.plant) beech family, family fagaceae - chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus; Array is a kind of hamamelid dicot family
is a member of fagales, order fagales
CIDE DICTIONARY
fagaceae, prop. n.
a natural family of chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs, including beeches, chestnuts, and oaks; it includes the genera Castanea ; Castanopsis ; Chrysolepis ; Fagus ; Lithocarpus ; Nothofagus ; and Quercus . [WordNet 1.5]
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