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Noun: Gnetaceae
  1. Plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum
    - family Gnetaceae

Type of: gymnosperm family

Part of: Gnetales, order Gnetales

Encyclopedia: Gnetaceae