Definition of Corkwood family

1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order.

Exact synonyms: Family Leitneriaceae, Leitneriaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Myricales, Order Myricales
Member holonyms: Genus Leitneria, Leitneria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corkwood Family

corklike
corks
corkscrew flower
corkscrew oesophagus
corkscrewed
corkscrewing
corkscrewlike
corkscrews
corkscrewy
corktree
corktrees
corkwing
corkwings
corkwood
corkwood family (current term)
corkwood tree
corkwoods
corky
corm
cormel
cormels
cormidia
cormidium
cormlike
cormogeny
cormoid
cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophytes

Literary usage of Corkwood family

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)
"It attains its greatest size and most beautiful form on the shores of the Bay of San Francisco. corkwood family. ..."

2. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"corkwood family. A family consisting of only the following genus with a single species of no decorative value but sometimes grown as a curiosity because of ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Corkwood family on Dictionary.com!Search for Corkwood family on Thesaurus.com!Search for Corkwood family on Google!Search for Corkwood family on Wikipedia!

Search