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    FAMILY BURMANNIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Burmanniaceae; family Burmanniaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family 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 "family 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 ("family Burmanniaceae" is a member of...):

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

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