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Celastraceae

noun

trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits

• Syn: ↑family Celastraceae, ↑spindle-tree family, ↑staff-tree family

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindales, ↑order Sapindales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Catha, ↑genus Catha, ↑Celastrus, ↑genus Celastrus, ↑Euonymus, ↑genus Euonymus

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\\ˌseləsˈtrāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of trees, shrubs, and woody vines (order Sapindales) having simple leaves, small regular flowers, and usually brightly colored fruit with arillate seeds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.