plane-tree family

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   coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees

   SynonymsPlatanaceaefamily Platanaceae

   Broaderrosid dicot family

   Part ofRosales

Questions about plane-tree family

What does plane-tree family mean?

plane-tree family means "coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees".

What is another word for plane-tree family?

Close synonyms include Platanaceae, family Platanaceae. 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 plane-tree family a common word?

plane-tree 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.