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FAMILY COMMELINACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderwortsplay

Synonyms:

Commelinaceae; family Commelinaceae; spiderwort family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Commelinaceae" 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 Commelinaceae"):

genus Commelina (type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears)

dayflower; spiderwort (any plant of the family Commelinaceae)

genus Tradescantia; Tradescantia (spiderworts)

Holonyms ("family Commelinaceae" is a member of...):

Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)

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