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Definition of Torchwood family
1. Noun. Resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees.
Exact synonyms: Burseraceae, Family Burseraceae
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Incense Tree, Bursera, Genus Bursera, Boswellia, Genus Boswellia, Commiphora, Genus Commiphora, Genus Protium, Protium
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Incense Tree, Bursera, Genus Bursera, Boswellia, Genus Boswellia, Commiphora, Genus Commiphora, Genus Protium, Protium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Torchwood Family
Literary usage of Torchwood family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Useful plants of the island of Guam: With an Introductory Account of the by William Edwin Safford (1905)
"TORCHWOOD. Family Rubiaceae. LOCAL NAMES.—Causali (Guam). A small tree growing
in rocky places, and especially abundant on the Peninsula of ..."