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Definition of Family Cistaceae
1. Noun. Shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean.
Exact synonyms: Cistaceae, Rockrose Family
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Cistus, Genus Cistus, Genus Helianthemum, Genus Hudsonia, Hudsonia
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Cistus, Genus Cistus, Genus Helianthemum, Genus Hudsonia, Hudsonia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Cistaceae
Literary usage of Family Cistaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family CISTACEAE. Rock Rose Family. A small and unimportant family, chiefly of
herbs, some of them bright-flowered. HUDSONIA. Beach Heather. ..."
2. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"ROCKROSE FAMILY. Cistaceae. Tufted shrubs and herbs, including Hudsonia with
alternating, fine leaves crowded on ascending branches. with tiny scalelike ..."
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