family Flacourtiaceae
- noun
- Archaic
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familia Flacourtiaceae
- Botanists now typically assign most plants from the family Flacourtiaceae to the Salicaceae family.
Examples
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The family Flacourtiaceae once included a diverse range of tropical trees and shrubs.
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She studied the unique fruiting habits of species once classed under the family Flacourtiaceae.
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The family Flacourtiaceae includes various tropical species.
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Many trees from the family Flacourtiaceae are found in rainforests.
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Botanists now typically assign most plants from the family Flacourtiaceae to the Salicaceae family.
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She studied the unique fruiting habits of species once classed under the family Flacourtiaceae.
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The family Flacourtiaceae once included a diverse range of tropical trees and shrubs.
Synonyms
A former group of tropical trees and shrubs that scientists now include in the willow family
A family of tropical trees and shrubs with spiny branches and edible or decorative fruit
Surface Forms
Morphology
family + Flacourtiaceae
This phrase is compositionally transparent: 'family' (a scientific grouping) combined with a taxonomic name indicates the group called Flacourtiaceae. If a B1 learner knows both constituents (including that Flacourtiaceae is a taxon name), they can infer it refers to the biological family named Flacourtiaceae, although the proper name itself is specialized and may be unknown to many learners.
Etymology
Family Flacourtiaceae comes from the plant genus Flacourtia, itself named for the 17th-century French governor and plant collector Étienne de Flacourt, plus the usual ending -aceae that means 'family' in plant names. So the name simply marked the group of tropical trees and shrubs around Flacourtia, even though scientists now place most of them in the Salicaceae family.
