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Definition of Family Elaeagnaceae
1. Noun. Shrubs or small trees often armed.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Myrtales, Order Myrtales, Order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales
Member holonyms: Elaeagnus, Genus Elaeagnus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Elaeagnaceae
Literary usage of Family Elaeagnaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"... into eastern Nebraska (39) having been noticed at two stations (Cass and
Saunders counties). Family ELAEAGNACEAE. ..."
2. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family ELAEAGNACEAE. Oleaster Family. A rather small family of shrubs or small
trees with pervasively rather than pleasingly fragrant flowers; ..."
3. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"family Elaeagnaceae. — Corolla always suppressed ; ovules ERECT; fruit surrounded
by the persistent fleshy receptacle. \Yoody plant?, WITH SCALY HAIRS. ..."
4. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"Que. and Ont. south to Mass, and NY OLEASTER FAMILY. Elaeagnaceae. Shrubs with
toothless, alternate ..."
5. Bulletin by Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"OLEASTER FAMILY. ELAEAGNACEAE CANADIAN BUFFALO-BEERY. Shepherdia canadensis (L.)
Nutt. This family is closely allied to the preceding and like it has but ..."
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