| Noun | 1. | elaeocarpus family - genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceaedilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Malvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae Elaeocarpus, genus Elaeocarpus - type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae Aristotelia, genus Aristotelia - small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America genus Muntingia, Muntingia - one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae genus Sloanea, Sloanea - genus of tropical hardwood timber trees |