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Noun: family Betulaceae
  1. Monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
    "Many species in the family Betulaceae are important timber trees";
    - Betulaceae, birch family

Type of: hamamelid dicot family

Part of: Fagales, order Fagales