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LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia
Synonyms:
family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lizard's-tail family" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "lizard's-tail family"):
genus Saururus; Saururus (type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails)
Anemopsis; genus Anemopsis (one species: yerba mansa)
genus Houttuynia; Houttuynia (one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places)
Holonyms ("lizard's-tail family" is a member of...):
order Piperales; Piperales (Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae)
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