Dilleniaceae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dilleniaceae \Dilleniaceae\ n.
     a natural family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and
     climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems,
     including the genera {Dillenia} and {Hibbertia}.
  
     Syn: family {Dilleniaceae}.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dilleniaceae
       n : chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having
           leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera
           Dillenia; Hibbertia [syn: {family Dilleniaceae}]