family Elaeocarpaceae
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| Noun | 1. |  family Elaeocarpaceae - 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 |