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Thymelaeaceae

noun

family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa

• Syn: ↑family Thymelaeaceae, ↑daphne family

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Daphne, ↑Dirca, ↑genus Dirca

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Thymelaea, type genus + -aceae

: a family of tough-barked trees, shrubs, and herbs (order Myrtales) that are native to temperate climates chiefly of the Old World and have entire leaves, capitate apetalous flowers, and drupaceous or capsular fruits

Useful english dictionary. 2012.