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Noun: Theophrastaceae
  1. Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
    - family Theophrastaceae

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Primulales, Primulales

Encyclopedia: Theophrastaceae