family eriocaulaceae

English Thesaurus

1. chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid family, monocot family,
definition	:	family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	eriocaulon, genus eriocaulon,
definition	:	type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	commelinales, order commelinales, order xyridales, xyridales,
definition	:	an order of monocotyledonous herbs (noun.plant)