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Juglandaceae

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Noun1.JuglandaceaeJuglandaceae - trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans
family Juglandaceae, walnut family
dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Juglandales, order Juglandales - coextensive with the family Juglandaceae
genus Juglans, Juglans - type genus of the Juglandaceae
Carya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
genus Pterocarya, Pterocarya - Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts


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The pecan is a member of the Juglandaceae family, as is the walnut, but it is more closely related to hickories than to walnuts.
The tasty Pecan. (In Profile) by Ball, Jeff / American Forests
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