FAMILY TYPHACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves

Synonyms:

cattail family; family Typhaceae; Typhaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Typhaceae" 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 Typhaceae"):

genus Typha; Typha (reed maces; cattails)

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

order Pandanales; Pandanales (families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae)