noun
a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales
• Syn: ↑Theaceae, ↑family Theaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑Hypericales, ↑order Hypericales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Camellia
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noun : theaceae
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the plant family Theaceae, characterized by shrubs and trees having simple, alternate leaves, often showy flowers, and capsular, berrylike, or dry fruit, and including the camellia, franklinia, and tea.
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tea family,
a group of dicotyledonous, tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs, including the tea plant, camellia, loblolly bay, and Franklin tree.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.