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walnut family
wal′nut fam`ily n. a family, Juglandaceae, of deciduous trees with pinnately compound alternate leaves, male flowers in catkin tassels and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick-walled husk: includes the hickory, pecan, and walnut. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | walnut family - trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecansfamily Juglandaceae, Juglandaceaedicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationJuglandales, order Juglandales - coextensive with the family Juglandaceaegenus Juglans, Juglans - type genus of the JuglandaceaeCarya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and Chinagenus Pterocarya, Pterocarya - Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts |
walnut family Related to walnut family: family JuglandaceaeSynonyms for walnut familynoun trees having usually edible nuts: butternutsSynonyms- family Juglandaceae
- Juglandaceae
Related Words- dicot family
- magnoliopsid family
- Juglandales
- order Juglandales
- genus Juglans
- Juglans
- Carya
- genus Carya
- genus Pterocarya
- Pterocarya
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