noun
family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa
• Syn: ↑Thymelaeaceae, ↑daphne family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Daphne, ↑Dirca, ↑genus Dirca
Useful english dictionary. 2012.