maple family

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

maple family
    n 1: a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including
         the maples [syn: {Aceraceae}, {family Aceraceae}, {maple
         family}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maple family \maple family\ n. (Bot.)
   The natural family of trees {Aceraceae}, including the
   maples.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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