hamamelid
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hamamelid (plural hamamelids)
- (botany) Any member of a grouping Hamamelididae used in analyses of flowering plant phylogeny toward the end of the twentieth century. It included a number of dicot families that have since been shown to be parts of other groups.
Usage notes edit
- The normal rules for derivation of taxonomic names would produce hamamelidid, but this is an informal name that doesn't have to follow the rules.
Translations edit
botany: member of the obsolete taxonomic grouping Hamamelididae
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