family salicaceae

English Thesaurus

1. two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	hamamelid dicot family,
definition	:	family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus salix, salix,
definition	:	a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus populus, populus,
definition	:	a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	order salicales, salicales,
definition	:	coextensive with the family Salicaceae (noun.plant)