| has gloss | (noun) family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
liliopsid family, monocot family |
| lexicalization | eng: liliopsid family |
| lexicalization | eng: monocot family |
| subclass of | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
family |
| has subclass | (noun) family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
liliid monocot family |
| has subclass | (noun) tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
family Juncaceae, rush family, Juncaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
Araceae, family Araceae, arum family |
| has subclass | (noun) used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
subfamily Acoraceae, Acoraceae |
| has subclass | (noun) family of small free-floating thalloid plants
duckweed family, Lemnaceae, family Lemnaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
orchid family, family Orchidaceae, Orchidaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
Burmanniaceae, family Burmanniaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
grass family, family Gramineae, Gramineae, family Graminaceae, Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
family Cyperaceae, sedge family, Cyperaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
family Pandanaceae, screw-pine family, Pandanaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves
family Typhaceae, Typhaceae, cattail family |
| has subclass | (noun) coextensive with the genus Sparganium
family Sparganiaceae, bur-reed family, Sparganiaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) some genera placed in family Liliaceae
bloodwort family, Haemodoraceae, family Haemodoraceae |
| has subclass | (noun) coextensive with the genus Canna
family Cannaceae, Cannaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
arrowroot family, Marantaceae, family Marantaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) treelike tropical Asian herbs
banana family, family Musaceae, Musaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
Strelitziaceae, family Strelitziaceae, strelitzia family |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
ginger family, Zingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Palmae, Palmae, Palmaceae, palm family |
| has subclass | (noun) plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places
family Xyridaceae, Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family |
| has subclass | (noun) large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
Commelinaceae, spiderwort family, family Commelinaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family |
| has subclass | (noun) a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
Mayacaceae, family Mayacaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
family Rapateaceae, Rapateaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
pipewort family, family Eriocaulaceae, Eriocaulaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) aquatic or bog plants
family Pontederiaceae, Pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family |
| has subclass | (noun) monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
naiad family, Naiadaceae, family Naiadaceae, family Najadaceae, Najadaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
water-plantain family, family Alismataceae, Alismataceae |
| has subclass | (noun) simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
frogbit family, Hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, family Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
Potamogetonaceae, family Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
arrow-grass family, Juncaginaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, family Scheuchzeriaceae, family Juncaginaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species
Zannichelliaceae, family Zannichelliaceae |
| has subclass | (noun) used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae
Zosteraceae, family Zosteraceae, eelgrass family |
| has subclass | c/Monocot families |