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Noun: family Fagaceae
  1. Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches, chestnuts, oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
    "Many important timber species belong to the family Fagaceae";
    - Fagaceae, beech family

Type of: hamamelid dicot family

Part of: Fagales, order Fagales