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Definition of Family calycanthaceae
1. Noun. Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Ranales, Order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales
Member holonyms: Calycanthus, Genus Calycanthus, Chimonanthus, Genus Chimonanthus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Calycanthaceae
Literary usage of Family calycanthaceae
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 CALYCANTHACEAE. Carolina Allspice Family. A small family of shrubs, of no
great use but attractive because of their fragrant flowers. CALYCANTHUS. ..."
2. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family calycanthaceae: Petals present, in many whorls; seeds without endosperm ;
shrubs with opposite leaves. ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"The plant family Calycanthaceae comprises two genera and six or seven species,
natives of North America and eastern Asia. The family is represented in the ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"Original. diminutive Magnolia. Like all the plants belonging to this family, it
possesses bitter and aromatic properties. family calycanthaceae. ..."
5. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAMILY. Calycanthaceae. Shrubs with opposite-growing toothless,
leaves, and perfect flowers with similar sepals and petals in many series, ..."
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