Definition of celastraceae Celastraceae

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What does celastraceae mean?

Noun
celastraceae - trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
		family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family
		dicot family, magnoliopsid family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
		order sapindales, sapindales an order of dicotyledonous plants
		catha, genus catha a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers
		celastrus, genus celastrus genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet