calycanthus family

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calycanthus family - shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia Calycanthaceae, family Calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae Calycanthus, genus Calycanthus - a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice Chimonanthus, genus Chimonanthus - small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet