noun
• Syn: ↑Ulmaceae, ↑family Ulmaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Urticales, ↑order Urticales
• Member Meronyms:
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noun : ulmaceae
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the plant family Ulmaceae, typified by deciduous trees having simple and often toothed leaves, small petalless flowers, winged fleshy or nutlike fruit, and watery sap, and including the elm, hackberry, and planer tree.
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elm family,
a group of deciduous shrubs and trees growing in temperate and tropical regions, having alternate, serrate, often asymmetrical leaves, and bearing a samara or drupe. The family includes the elms, hackberry, and planer tree.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.