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Definition of Staphylaceae
1. Noun. A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Sapindales, Sapindales
Member holonyms: Genus Staphylea, Staphylea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staphylaceae
Literary usage of Staphylaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1835)
"... 1 110 Staphylaceae, 1 FLOWER LESS PLANTS. Whole No. 140 ADDENDA. LAND BIRDS.
No. of Species. 10 3 6 42 176 24 110 9 110 491 " Sylvia discolor ..."
2. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"... 132 Spotted oak 87 Spruce 63, 78, 79, 127 Staphylea 136 Staphylaceae 136
Sterculiaceae 139 Stinking cedar 85 stone cells 8, 9 Striations 77 Structural ..."