STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAMILY
Dictionary entry overview: What does strawberry-shrub family mean?
• STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAMILY (noun)
The noun STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
Familiarity information: STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAMILY (noun)
Meaning:
Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family
Hypernyms ("strawberry-shrub family" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "strawberry-shrub family"):
Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus (a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice)
Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)
Holonyms ("strawberry-shrub family" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)
