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Definition of Araliaceae
1. Noun. Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Member holonyms: Genus Aralia, Genus Hedera, Hedera, Genus Meryta, Meryta, Genus Panax, Panax, Genus Schefflera, Schefflera
Group relationships: Order Umbellales, Umbellales
Lexicographical Neighbors of Araliaceae
Literary usage of Araliaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"... Araliaceae. Ginseng Family. AR ALIA I,. Sp. PI. 1:273. 1753. Thirty species,
warmer and temperate northeastern Asia. North America, 7. ..."
2. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan (1917)
"... the flower can afford to be generous, it distinctly changes its habit and
keeps open house all day. GINSENG FAMILY (Araliaceae) Spikenard; Indian Root; ..."
3. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"Araliaceae Vent. GINSENG FAMILY Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with alternate or
verticillate rarely opposite leaves, and perfect or polygamous, ..."