noun
small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae
• Syn: ↑Winteraceae, ↑family Winteraceae
• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑order Ranales, ↑Ranunculales, ↑order Ranunculales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Drimys, ↑genus Drimys, ↑Pseudowintera, ↑genus Pseudowintera, ↑Wintera, ↑genus Wintera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.