St John's wort family

Definitions of St John's wort family
  1. noun
    widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
    synonyms: Clusiaceae, Guttiferae, family Clusiaceae, family Guttiferae
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    type of:
    dilleniid dicot family
    family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
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