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Definition of Plane-tree family
1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Member holonyms: Genus Platanus, Platanus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plane-tree Family
Literary usage of Plane-tree family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Most of the species are hardy. 101. Pi ataña cere (from the genus Platanus, the
ancient name of the tree, signifying broad). plane-tree family. Fig. 28. ..."
2. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1866)
"... and to the natural order Platanaceae, or the plane-tree family, which are
catkin bearing plants, with the (lowers in clusters of rounded balls, ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... the sweetgum, is a handsome forest tree. Family Platanaceae. plane-tree family.
Comprises only the genus ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Most of the species are hardy. 101. Pi ataña cere (from the genus Platanus, the
ancient name of the tree, signifying broad). plane-tree family. Fig. 28. ..."
5. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1866)
"... and to the natural order Platanaceae, or the plane-tree family, which are
catkin bearing plants, with the (lowers in clusters of rounded balls, ..."
6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... the sweetgum, is a handsome forest tree. Family Platanaceae. plane-tree family.
Comprises only the genus ..."
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