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Theaceae

noun

a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales

• Syn: ↑family Theaceae, ↑tea family

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑Hypericales, ↑order Hypericales

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Camellia

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\\thēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Thea, type genus + -aceae

: a family of trees and shrubs (order Parietales) having alternate undivided leaves, large regular pentamerous flowers, and a fleshy or capsular fruit and being mainly tropical but widely distributed — compare camellia I, gordonia, stewartia II

Useful english dictionary. 2012.