(botany) The single family of the plant order Myricales.
Myricaceae
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
constituting the order Myricales
Synonyms: family Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family
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 Myrica faya
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Canacomyrica Guillaumin |
The Myricaceae is a small family of dicotyledonous shrubs and small trees in the order Fagales. There are three genera in the family, though some botanists separate many species from Myrica into a fourth genus Morella. About 35 species are usually accepted in Myrica, one in Canacomyrica and one in Comptonia.
Well-known members of this family include bayberry and sweetfern.
Myrica rubra is found to be an antidote for arsenic poisoning according to Dr. James Duke's Database.
Arsenic is becoming a problem in the water table of the western Great Lakes states.
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