crowberry family


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crow′berry fam`ily


n.
a family, Empetraceae, of heathlike evergreen shrubs, of N regions, having black to red berries.
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Noun1.crowberry family - heathlike shrubs
Empetraceae, family Empetraceae
dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
order Sapindales, Sapindales - an order of dicotyledonous plants
Empetrum, genus Empetrum - crowberries
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