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Definition of Amygdalaceae
1. Noun. Used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Amygdalus, Genus Amygdalus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amygdalaceae
Literary usage of Amygdalaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"amygdalaceae Reichb. Consp. 177. 1828. PEACH FAMILY. ing prussic acid, bitter.
Leaves alternate, petioled, serrate, the small stipules early Trees or shrubs ..."
2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"... stamens and drupaceous fruit of amygdalaceae, with the compound leaves of ...
forms the oscillatory group connecting amygdalaceae with ..."