- Trapaceae
- nounfamily comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae• Syn: ↑family Trapaceae• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales• Member Meronyms: ↑Trapa, ↑genus Trapa
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\\trəˈpāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalizedin some classifications : a family of dicotyledonous plants (order Myrtales) that contains solely the genus Trapa and that is commonly treated as a subfamily or tribe of Onagraceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.