family oleaceae

1. 1.

   trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac

   SynonymsOleaceaeolive family

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofGentianales

Questions about family oleaceae

What does family oleaceae mean?

family oleaceae means "trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac".

What is another word for family oleaceae?

Close synonyms include Oleaceae, olive family. 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 family oleaceae a common word?

family oleaceae 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.