Styracaceae

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Styracaceae - a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenalesfamily Styracaceae, storax family, styrax familydicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationEbenales, order Ebenales - trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceaegenus Styrax - deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small treesgenus Halesia, Halesia - deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America

Styracaceae

(storax), a family of dicotyledonous plants including trees and strubs. The leaves are alternate and often covered with stellate or squamose hairs; other parts of the plant, including the stem and axis of inflorescence, are covered with similar hairs. The regular flowers are usually bisexual and four-or five-parted. The fruit is often a capsule, drupe, or nutlet. There are about 150 species, belonging to 12 genera. The plants are found predominantly in tropical and subtropical regions of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Americas. There is one genus in tropical West Africa and one in the Mediterranean region. Most important are species of the genus Styrax, from which valuable resins, aromatic oils, and other products used in medicine and perfumery are obtained. The resin benzoin is obtained from the species S. benzoin and S. tonkinense. Some species of the family Styracaceae are cultivated as ornamentals.

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noun a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales

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