a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder
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| Hamamelidae |
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| subclass Hamamelidae |
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semantic pointers
hypernym
member meronym
hamamelid dicot family
hamamelid dicot genus
Fagales, order Fagales
Amentiferae, group Amentiferae
Hamamelidanthum, genus Hamamelidanthum
Hamamelidoxylon, genus Hamamelidoxylon
Hamamelites, genus Hamamelites
Hamamelidaceae, family Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family
member holonym