'family Fagaceae' definitions:
Definition of 'family Fagaceae'
(from WordNet)
noun
Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus [syn: Fagaceae, family Fagaceae, beech family]