Definition of Theophrastaceae

1. Noun. Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae.

Exact synonyms: Family Theophrastaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Primulales, Primulales
Member holonyms: Genus Jacquinia, Jacquinia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theophrastaceae

Theodor Schwann
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Theodora
Theodore
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dwight Weld
Theodore Harold White
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park
Theodore Samuel Williams
Theofanis
Theognis
Theophilic
Theophilus
Theophrastaceae (current term)
Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohe
Theory X
Theory Y
Theotokos
Therapeutæ
Theraphosidae
Therapsida
Theravada
Theravada Buddhism
Theravadin
Theresa
Theridiidae
Thermageddon

Literary usage of Theophrastaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"Axe der Theophrastaceae, in Engler, Bot. Jahrb., xxxiii, 1904, pp. 502-46 ; also Diss., Erlangen, 1903.—Joh. ..."

2. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"... mangrove takes hold along the line of the railroad to Key West it will safely protect it against the severest storms. Theophrastaceae. JACQUINIA FAMILY. ..."

3. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"784). Petioles short and stout. Leaves coriaceous, with thick revolute margins (sometimes opposite). Theophrastaceae (p. 785). ..."

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