| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Hamamelidae" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1989. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Hamamelidae
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | A subclass in the class Magnoliopsida. Among its members are the witch hazel family (Hamamelidaceae), the hemp family (Cannabaceae, see Cannabis), the nettle family (Urticaceae), the walnut family (Juglandaceae), the bayberry family (Myricaceae), the beech family (Fagaceae), and the birch family (Betulaceae). (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Hamamelidae is a subclass of plants in the older Cronquist classification scheme. In more modern schemes, the families in this subclass are distributed to other subclasses of the Dicotyledons. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: Hamamelidae
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| Subclass Hamamelidae | A group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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