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Salicaceae

noun

two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus

• Syn: ↑family Salicaceae, ↑willow family

• Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Salicales, ↑order Salicales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Salix, ↑genus Salix, ↑Populus, ↑genus Populus

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\\ˌsaləˈkāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Salic-, Salix, type genus + -aceae

: a family of dioecious trees or shrubs (order Salicales) having small apetalous flowers in catkins — see salix

Useful english dictionary. 2012.