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FAMILY BURMANNIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
Synonyms:
Burmanniaceae; family Burmanniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Burmanniaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "family Burmanniaceae"):
Burmannia; genus Burmannia (type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth)
Holonyms ("family Burmanniaceae" is a member of...):
Orchidales; order Orchidales (order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae)
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