| Noun | 1. | staff-tree family - trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Catha, genus Catha - a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers order Sapindales, Sapindales - an order of dicotyledonous plants Celastrus, genus Celastrus - genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet Euonymus, genus Euonymus - widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines |