noun
a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales
• Syn: ↑Styracaceae, ↑family Styracaceae, ↑styrax family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ebenales, ↑order Ebenales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Styrax, ↑Halesia, ↑genus Halesia
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the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.