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Noun: nutmeg family  'nút,meg 'fa-mu-lee
  1. Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
    - Myristicaceae, family Myristicaceae

Type of: magnoliid dicot family

Part of: order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales

Nearest

nutcracker
nutgall
nutgrass
nuthatch
nuthouse
nutjob
nut-leaved screw tree
nutlet
nutlike
nutmeg
nutmeg family
nutmeg flower
nutmeg geranium
nutmeg hickory
nutmeg melon
Nutmeg State
nutmeg tree
nutmegged
nutmeggy
nutmeg-shaped
nutmeg-yew