noun
family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae
• Syn: ↑family Trapaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Trapa, ↑genus Trapa
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\\trəˈpāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
in some classifications : a family of dicotyledonous plants (order Myrtales) that contains solely the genus Trapa and that is commonly treated as a subfamily or tribe of Onagraceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.