noun
family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
• Syn: ↑Lepidobotryaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Geraniales, ↑order Geraniales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Lepidobotrys, ↑Ruptiliocarpon, ↑genus Ruptiliocarpon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.