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Definition of Family Clusiaceae
1. Noun. Widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Calophyllum, Genus Calophyllum, Genus Clusia, Garcinia, Genus Garcinia, Genus Hypericum, Hypericum, Genus Mammea, Mammea, Genus Mesua, Mesua
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Clusiaceae
Literary usage of Family Clusiaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"... (eg tin- common St. John's-wort, //. per/or- alum) are common wayside weeds.
family Clusiaceae. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"Family CLUSIACEAE Rheedia brevipes Britton, sp. nov. A tree about 4 m. high, the
twigs short ; leaves opposite, borne in 2-4 pairs near the ends of the ..."
3. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States. National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"family Clusiaceae; a handsome tree of 10 to 20 meters. The apexes of the thick,
shining leaves are produced into sharp points. Found by Sintenis near the ..."
4. Economic plants of Porto Rico by Orator Fuller Cook, Guy N. Collins (1903)
"family Clusiaceae; a handsome tree of 10 to 20 meters. The apexes of the thick,
shining leaves are produced into sharp points. Found by Sintenis near the ..."
5. The Useful plants of the island of Guam: With an Introductory Account of the by William Edwin Safford (1905)
"An attempt was made to introduce the chair rattans, but it was unsuccessful.
Calophyllum inophyllum. PALO MARIA. family Clusiaceae. LOCAL NAMES. ..."
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