HyperDic: ebony_family

English > 1 sense of the expression ebony family:
NOUNplantebony family, Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceaefruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
English > ebony family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon.
SynonymsEbenaceae, family Ebenaceae
Member ofEbenales, order EbenalesTrees or shrubs of the families ... / families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae
MembersDiospyros, genus DiospyrosA genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishebenáceas

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