family Juglandaceae

family Juglandaceae
noun
trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans
Syn: ↑Juglandaceae, ↑walnut family
Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Juglandales, ↑order Juglandales
Member Meronyms: ↑Juglans, ↑genus Juglans, ↑Carya, ↑genus Carya, ↑Pterocarya, ↑genus Pterocarya

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