birch family

/bərtʃ ˌfæm(ə)li/
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Definitions of birch family
  1. noun
    monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
    synonyms: Betulaceae, family Betulaceae
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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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