noun
small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees
• Syn: ↑family Chloranthaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Piperales, ↑order Piperales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Chloranthus, ↑genus Chloranthus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.