noun
mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
• Syn: ↑family Araliaceae, ↑ivy family
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbellales, ↑order Umbellales
• Member Meronyms:
↑genus Aralia, ↑Hedera, ↑genus Hedera, ↑Meryta, ↑genus Meryta, ↑Panax, ↑genus Panax, ↑Schefflera, ↑genus Schefflera
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\\əˌrālēˈāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a widely distributed family of plants (order Umbellales) with flowers typically pentamerous and umbellate and fruit a drupe or berry — compare ginseng, hedera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.