1. chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus; [syn: Fagaceae, family Fagaceae, beech family]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
family Fagaceae
n 1: chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts;
oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus,
Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus [syn: Fagaceae, family
Fagaceae, beech family]