Aquifoliaceae

Aquifoliaceae
noun
widely distributed shrubs and trees
Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindales, ↑order Sapindales
Member Meronyms: ↑Ilex, ↑genus Ilex

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Aquifoliaceae /ak-wi-fō-li-āˈsi-ē/
plural noun
The holly family
ORIGIN: L aquifolium holly, from acus, -ūs needle, and folium leaf
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aquifoliāˈceous /-shəs/ adjective

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  • Aquifoliaceae — Aquifoliacées …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Aquifoliaceae — n. 1. 1 a family of widely distributed shrubs and trees. Syn: family {Aquifoliaceae}, holly family [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Aquifoliaceae —   [zu lateinisch aquifolium »Stechpalme«] Plural, die Stechpalmengewächse …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Aquifoliaceae — Aquifoliacées …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Aquifoliaceae —   Aquifoliáceas …   Wikipedia Español

  • Aquifoliaceae — Stechpalmen Europäische Stechpalme (Ilex aquifolium), Illustration. Systematik Abteilung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Aquifoliaceae — Los Aquifoliaceae son un pequeña familia de sólo dos géneros de Árboles y arbustos perenifolios o cadúceos, ordinariamente dioicos. El género más conocido y numeroso, Ilex, los acebos, consta de alrededor de 600 especies. Sus Hojas simples,… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • AQUIFOLIACEAE BARTL. — ПАДУБОВЫЕ — 579 …   Справочник растений

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  • Aquifoliaceae — ▪ plant family       the holly family, in the order Aquifoliales, found worldwide, comprising two genera and about 400 species of shrubs and trees, best known for the genus Ilex (see holly). Four species of Byronia are in the Polynesian and… …   Universalium

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