Definition of Amygdalaceae

1. Noun. Used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus.

Exact synonyms: Family Amygdalaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Amygdalus, Genus Amygdalus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amygdalaceae

Amundava
Amundsen
Amur
Amur River
Amur leopard
Amur privet
Amurdag
Amussat's valve
Amuzgo
Amy
Amy Lowell
Amy Lyon
Amyas
Amycolatopsis
Amygdalaceae (current term)
Amygdalus
Amygdalus communis
Amygdalus communis amara
Amyraldism
AnCC
AnDTe
AnOC
Anabaena
Anabantidae
Anabaptism
Anabaptisms
Anabaptist
Anabaptist denomination
Anabaptistries

Literary usage of Amygdalaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Amygdalaceae Reichb. Consp. 177. 1828. PEACH FAMILY. ing prussic acid, bitter. Leaves alternate, petioled, serrate, the small stipules early Trees or shrubs ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"... stamens and drupaceous fruit of Amygdalaceae, with the compound leaves of ... forms the oscillatory group connecting Amygdalaceae with ..."

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