family Carpinaceae

Definitions of family Carpinaceae
  1. noun
    used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis
    synonyms: Carpinaceae, subfamily Carpinaceae
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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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