staff-tree family

Definitions of staff-tree family
  1. noun
    trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
    synonyms: Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree 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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