daphne family

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   family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa

   SynonymsThymelaeaceaefamily Thymelaeaceae

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofMyrtales

Questions about daphne family

What does daphne family mean?

daphne family means "family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa".

What is another word for daphne family?

Close synonyms include Thymelaeaceae, family Thymelaeaceae. 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 daphne family a common word?

daphne 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.