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Definition of Family Leitneriaceae
1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Myricales, Order Myricales
Member holonyms: Genus Leitneria, Leitneria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Leitneriaceae
Literary usage of Family Leitneriaceae
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)
"CORKWOOD FAMILY. Leitneriaceae. Shrubs or small trees with toothless, alternate-growing
leaves, and staminate and pistillate flowers borne on separate ..."
2. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family Leitneriaceae : Shrubs with alternate leaves and dioecious flowers in
catkins ; perianth minute or 0 ; pistil 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; endosperm minute. ..."
3. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family LEITNERIACEAE. Corkwood Family. A family consisting of only the following
genus with a single species of no decorative value but sometimes grown as a ..."
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