SINCE 1828
Fagaceae
plural noun
Fa·ga·ce·ae
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fəˈgāsēˌē \
Definition of Fagaceae
: a family of trees and shrubs (order Fagales) having the staminate flowers in cymose heads or drooping aments and pistillate flowers with an urn-shaped to oblong perianth that occur singly or in clusters and are succeeded by one-seeded nuts — see castanea , fagus , quercus
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