Definition of Canella family

1. Noun. One genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies.

Exact synonyms: Canellaceae, Family Canellaceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Canella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canella Family

canebrakes
canebreak
canebreaks
canecutter
caned
canefield fever
canegrub
canegrubs
caneh
canehs
caneland
canelands
canelike
canella
canella bark
canella family (current term)
canellas
canephor
canephora
canephors
caner
caners
canes
canescent
caneware
canewares
caneworking
canfield
canfieldite
canfieldites

Literary usage of Canella family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"E (C AN ELL ACE/E), OR canella family. A small family of 4 genera, comprising in all about 8 species. They are mostly tropical or sub-tropical trees, ..."

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