noun
a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales
• Syn: ↑family Symplocaceae, ↑sweetleaf family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ebenales, ↑order Ebenales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Symplocus, ↑genus Symplocus
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\\ˌsimpləˈkāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Symplocos, type genus + -aceae
in some classifications : a family coextensive with the genus Symplocos
Useful english dictionary. 2012.