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Definition of Family Fagaceae
1. Noun. Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus.
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Fagales, Order Fagales
Member holonyms: Fagus, Genus Fagus, Castanea, Genus Castanea, Castanopsis, Genus Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Genus Chrysolepis, Genus Lithocarpus, Lithocarpus, Genus Nothofagus, Nothofagus, Genus Quercus, Quercus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Fagaceae
Literary usage of Family Fagaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"BEECH FAMILY. Fagaceae. Trees or shrubs with alternate-growing leaves, and
staminate and pistillate flowers which occur upon the same tree, the staminate in ..."
2. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"THE BEECH FAMILY—FAGACEAE. The Beech family contains some of the most important
timber species and has its representatives distributed in nearly all regions ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1916)
"NOTES ON THE ANCESTRY OF THE BEECH EDWARD W. BERRY The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md. The members of the beech family (Fagaceae) rival those of ..."
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