Definition of Family clusiaceae

1. Noun. Widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Clusiaceae

family Cicadellidae
family Cicadidae
family Cichlidae
family Cicindelidae
family Ciconiidae
family Cimicidae
family Cinclidae
family Cistaceae
family Cladoniaceae
family Clathraceae
family Clavariaceae
family Cleridae
family Clethraceae
family Clinidae
family Clupeidae
family Clusiaceae
family Cobitidae
family Coccidae
family Coccinellidae
family Coerebidae
family Colchicaceae
family Colubridae
family Columbidae
family Comatulidae
family Combretaceae
family Commelinaceae
family Compositae
family Congridae
family Connaraceae
family Convallariaceae

Literary usage of Family clusiaceae

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

1. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"... (eg tin- common St. John's-wort, //. per/or- alum) are common wayside weeds. family clusiaceae. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"Family CLUSIACEAE Rheedia brevipes Britton, sp. nov. A tree about 4 m. high, the twigs short ; leaves opposite, borne in 2-4 pairs near the ends of the ..."

3. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States. National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"family clusiaceae; a handsome tree of 10 to 20 meters. The apexes of the thick, shining leaves are produced into sharp points. Found by Sintenis near the ..."

4. Economic plants of Porto Rico by Orator Fuller Cook, Guy N. Collins (1903)
"family clusiaceae; a handsome tree of 10 to 20 meters. The apexes of the thick, shining leaves are produced into sharp points. Found by Sintenis near the ..."

5. The Useful plants of the island of Guam: With an Introductory Account of the by William Edwin Safford (1905)
"An attempt was made to introduce the chair rattans, but it was unsuccessful. Calophyllum inophyllum. PALO MARIA. family clusiaceae. LOCAL NAMES. ..."

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