family Ebenaceae

Definitions of family Ebenaceae
  1. noun
    fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
    synonyms: Ebenaceae, ebony family
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    type of:
    dicot family, magnoliopsid family
    family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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