Definition of Cephalotaceae

1. Noun. A family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus.

Exact synonyms: Family Cephalotaceae
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Member holonyms: Cephalotus, Genus Cephalotus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalotaceae

Centum
Centunculus
Cephaelis
Cephalanthera
Cephalanthera rubra
Cephalaspida
Cephalobidae
Cephalochordata
Cephalomyia
Cephalonia
Cephalonian
Cephalopoda
Cephalopterus
Cephalopterus ornatus
Cephalosporium
Cephalotaceae (current term)
Cephalotaxaceae
Cephalotaxus
Cephalotus
Cephalotus follicularis
Cephas
Cepheus
Cephissia
Cepphus
Cepphus columba
Cepphus grylle
Ceqli
Ceram Sea
Cerambycidae
Cerapteryx

Literary usage of Cephalotaceae

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

1. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"The parasitic Rafflesiaceae and the insectivorous families of the Cephalotaceae, Sarraceniaceae, Nepenthaceae and Droseraceae may best be placed with the ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"The ovary has 2 distinct or united styles, and becomes in fruit a pulpy berry, crowned by the persistent calyx. Family Cephalotaceae. ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"Sexes united; flowers regular, not sessile, solitary on the scapes and large, or panicled and small (Cephalotaceae). Sepals 2 or more; sepals and petals (if ..."

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