noun
shrubs or small trees often armed
• Syn: ↑family Elaeagnaceae, ↑oleaster family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Elaeagnus, ↑genus Elaeagnus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.