Amygdalaceae

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1.Amygdalaceae - used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunusfamily Amygdalaceaedicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationfamily Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamensAmygdalus, genus Amygdalus - used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus