combretum family

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   a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales

   SynonymsCombretaceaefamily Combretaceae

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofMyrtales

Questions about combretum family

What does combretum family mean?

combretum family means "a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales".

What is another word for combretum family?

Close synonyms include Combretaceae, family Combretaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combretum family a common word?

combretum family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.