LEITNERIACEAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leitneriaceae mean? 

• LEITNERIACEAE (noun)
  The noun LEITNERIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order

  Familiarity information: LEITNERIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEITNERIACEAE (noun)

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae

Hypernyms ("Leitneriaceae" is a kind of...):

dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Leitneriaceae"):

genus Leitneria; Leitneria (one species: corkwood)

Holonyms ("Leitneriaceae" is a member of...):

Myricales; order Myricales (coextensive with the family Myricaceae)