beech family

/bitʃ ˌfæm(ə)li/
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Definitions of beech family
  1. noun
    chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
    synonyms: Fagaceae, family Fagaceae
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    type of:
    hamamelid dicot family
    family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
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