Definition of Clethraceae

1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Clethra.

Exact synonyms: Family Clethraceae, White-alder Family
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Ericales, Order Ericales
Member holonyms: Clethra, Genus Clethra

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clethraceae

Clement Philibert Leo Delibes
Clement Richard Attlee
Clementi
Clementina
Clementine
Clemmy
Cleome pinnata
Cleome serrulata
Cleopatra
Cleret
Cleridae
Clermont-Ferrand
Clethra
Clethra alnifolia
Clethraceae (current term)
Clethrionomys
Cleveland
Cleveland steamers
Clevenger
Clevenger's fissure
Clianthus formosus
Clianthus puniceus
Clianthus speciosus
Clichy
Clichy-la-Garenne
Cliff
Clifford
Clifford Odets

Literary usage of Clethraceae

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)
"The coherence of the petals is sometimes very slight or they are quite separate, as in Clethraceae, Pyrolaceae, some Ericaceae. Primulaceae, Styracaceae ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"1914) in continuation of his studies on the flowering plants of Nantucket includes the Clethraceae, Pyrolaceae, and Ericaceae. New species are recorded ..."

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