white-alder family

white-alder family
noun
coextensive with the genus Clethra
Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
Member Holonyms: ↑Ericales, ↑order Ericales
Member Meronyms: ↑Clethra, ↑genus Clethra

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noun

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