canellaceae

WORDNET DICTIONARY

canellaceae(n = noun.plant) canella family, family canellaceae - one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies;

is a kind of dilleniid dicot family

is a member of hypericales, order hypericales, order parietales, parietales

canellaceae, n.

a natural family having one genus: aromatic tropical trees of East Africa and Florida to West Indies.

"In 1913 the family was classed as an order: see canella." [WordNet 1.5]