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Definition of Punicaceae
1. Noun. One species: pomegranates.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Myrtales, Order Myrtales, Order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales
Member holonyms: Genus Punica, Punica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punicaceae
Literary usage of Punicaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1898)
"... Punica to Punicaceae, and Krameria to Leguminosae. The total number of changes
involved is thus seen to be eighteen. If now we do not adopt the new ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"... Erythroxylon to Erythroxylaceae, Punica to Punicaceae, and Krameria to Leguminosae.
The total number of changes involved is thus seen to be eighteen. ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"Family Punicaceae. Pomegranate Family. This group, of which the pomegranate is
the type, was formerly included in the Lythraceae, but is separated from that ..."
4. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"GRANATUM, Pomegranate,—is the bark of the stem and root of Púnica Granatum, a
small tree of the nat. ord. Punicaceae, cultivated in subtropical countries. ..."
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