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Definition of Ochna family
1. Noun. Family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves.
Exact synonyms: Family Ochnaceae, Ochnaceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Ochna, Ochna
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Ochna, Ochna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochna Family
Literary usage of Ochna family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"ochna family. Includes 17 genera and over , 200 species, trees or shrubs of
exclusively tropical distribution. Their bark contains a yellow coloring matter, ..."
2. Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and Its Vicinity by John Cameron (1891)
"... THE ochna family. A tropical Order of shrubs and trees mostly confined to
America. The deeply lol>ed ovary, eventually changing into three or more ..."
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