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Definition of Family Clethraceae
1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Clethra.
Exact synonyms: Clethraceae, White-alder Family
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Ericales, Order Ericales
Member holonyms: Clethra, Genus Clethra
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Ericales, Order Ericales
Member holonyms: Clethra, Genus Clethra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Clethraceae
Literary usage of Family Clethraceae
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)
"... flowers in panicled umbels; and few-seeded inferior berries. Leaves of young
plants usually 5-lobed, pale-veined. H. Helix. Family CLETHRACEAE. ..."