Thymelaeaceae

noun

family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa

• Syn: ↑family Thymelaeaceae, ↑daphne family

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Daphne, ↑Dirca, ↑genus Dirca

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of tough-barked trees, shrubs, and herbs (order Myrtales) that are native to temperate climates chiefly of the Old World and have entire leaves, capitate apetalous flowers, and drupaceous or capsular fruits