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Definition of Lecythidaceae
1. Noun. Large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Myrtales, Order Myrtales, Order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales
Member holonyms: Genus Grias, Grias, Bertholletia, Genus Bertholletia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lecythidaceae
Literary usage of Lecythidaceae
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)
"This species is cultivated in the southern states and in greenhouses. It has
escaped in Florida. 161. Lecythidaceae (from the genus ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Hefter f says that this oil is used as an illuminant and for making soap.
Family Lecythidaceae Genus BARRINGTONIA BARRINGTONIA ASIATICA (L.) Kurz. ..."
3. Forest Products, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Case Studies of Non-timber by Brian Murray Belcher, Koen Kusters, Terry C. H. Sutherland, Ousseynou NDoye (2004)
"Lecythidaceae) in Eastern Amazonia. En: Kevan P. y Imperatriz Fonseca VL (eds.)
Pollinating bees - The conservation link between agriculture and nature, ..."
4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Francis Wall Oliver, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"The fruits of several Lecythidaceae, ... excelsa of the family Lecythidaceae are
known as Brazil nuts, and have a coat as hard as stone; ..."
5. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"Clustered crystals, which are made up of acicular or quadratic (Begoniaceae,
Lecythidaceae, Proteaceae, Fig. 173, p. 713) crystals, are more rarely found. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... a gigantic tree belonging to the natural order Lecythidaceae, which grows in
the valleys of the Amazons and generally throughout tropical America, ..."
7. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"The natural order of Lecythidaceae, which embraces not only the Paradise nuts,
but the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) and the Cannon Ball tree ..."
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