Definition of Family canellaceae

1. Noun. One genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies.

Exact synonyms: Canella Family, Canellaceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Canella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Canellaceae

family Buxaceae
family Cactaceae
family Caeciliadae
family Caeciliidae
family Caenolestidae
family Caesalpiniaceae
family Callionymidae
family Calliphoridae
family Callithricidae
family Callitrichaceae
family Calostomataceae
family Calycanthaceae
family Camelidae
family Campanulaceae
family Cancridae
family Canellaceae
family Canidae
family Cannabidaceae
family Cannaceae
family Capitonidae
family Capparidaceae
family Caprifoliaceae
family Caprimulgidae
family Caproidae
family Capromyidae
family Capsidae
family Carabidae
family Carangidae
family Carapidae
family Carcharhinidae

Literary usage of Family canellaceae

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

1. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family canellaceae: Aromatic trees with alternate leaves; sepals 4-5; petals 4-5 (or 0) ; stamens 20-30 ; pistil 2- to 5 ..."

2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States. National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"A tree belonging to the family Canellaceae; 10 meters high, withi greenish white, orange-perfumed flowers. From Sierra de Luquillo. (Urban, Add. 1: 9. ..."

3. Economic plants of Porto Rico by Orator Fuller Cook, Guy N. Collins (1903)
"A tree belonging to the family Canellaceae; 10 meters high, with greenish white, orange-perfumed flowers. From Sierra de Luquillo. (Urban, Add. 1:9. ..."

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