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BURMANNIACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers

Synonyms:

Burmanniaceae; family Burmanniaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Burmanniaceae" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Burmanniaceae"):

Burmannia; genus Burmannia (type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth)

Holonyms ("Burmanniaceae" is a member of...):

Orchidales; order Orchidales (order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae)

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