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maple family
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maple family has 1 sense
- maple family(n = noun.plant) aceraceae, family aceraceae - a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples; Array is a kind of dicot family, magnoliopsid family
is a member of order sapindales, sapindales
CIDE DICTIONARY
maple family, n.
The natural family of trees Aceraceae , including the maples. [WordNet 1.5]
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