noun
family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
• Syn: ↑family Myristicaceae, ↑nutmeg family
• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑order Ranales, ↑Ranunculales, ↑order Ranunculales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Myristica, ↑genus Myristica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.