monocot family
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1. family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | liliid monocot family, |
| definition | : | family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family juncaceae, juncaceae, rush family, |
| definition | : | tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | araceae, arum family, family araceae, |
| definition | : | anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | acoraceae, subfamily acoraceae, |
| definition | : | used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | duckweed family, family lemnaceae, lemnaceae, |
| definition | : | family of small free-floating thalloid plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae, |
| definition | : | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | burmanniaceae, family burmanniaceae, |
| definition | : | family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae, |
| definition | : | the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cyperaceae, family cyperaceae, sedge family, |
| definition | : | bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pandanaceae, pandanaceae, screw-pine family, |
| definition | : | family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cattail family, family typhaceae, typhaceae, |
| definition | : | perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bur-reed family, family sparganiaceae, sparganiaceae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the genus Sparganium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bloodwort family, family haemodoraceae, haemodoraceae, |
| definition | : | some genera placed in family Liliaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cannaceae, family cannaceae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the genus Canna (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | arrowroot family, family marantaceae, marantaceae, |
| definition | : | tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | banana family, family musaceae, musaceae, |
| definition | : | treelike tropical Asian herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family strelitziaceae, strelitzia family, strelitziaceae, |
| definition | : | woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family zingiberaceae, ginger family, zingiberaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae, |
| definition | : | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family xyridaceae, xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family, |
| definition | : | plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | commelinaceae, family commelinaceae, spiderwort family, |
| definition | : | large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bromeliaceae, family bromeliaceae, pineapple family, |
| definition | : | a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family mayacaceae, mayacaceae, |
| definition | : | a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family rapateaceae, rapateaceae, |
| definition | : | South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | eriocaulaceae, family eriocaulaceae, pipewort family, |
| definition | : | chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, pontederiaceae, |
| definition | : | aquatic or bog plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family naiadaceae, family najadaceae, naiad family, naiadaceae, najadaceae, |
| definition | : | monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | alismataceae, family alismataceae, water-plantain family, |
| definition | : | perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family hydrocharidaceae, family hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family, hydrocharidaceae, hydrocharitaceae, |
| definition | : | simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, potamogetonaceae, |
| definition | : | plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | arrow-grass family, family juncaginaceae, family scheuchzeriaceae, juncaginaceae, scheuchzeriaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family zannichelliaceae, zannichelliaceae, |
| definition | : | alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | eelgrass family, family zosteraceae, zosteraceae, |
| definition | : | used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida, |
| definition | : | comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae (noun.plant) |
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