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    FAMILY COMMELINACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderwortsplay

    Synonyms:

    Commelinaceae; family Commelinaceae; spiderwort family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Commelinaceae" 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 Commelinaceae"):

    genus Commelina (type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears)

    dayflower; spiderwort (any plant of the family Commelinaceae)

    genus Tradescantia; Tradescantia (spiderworts)

    Holonyms ("family Commelinaceae" is a member of...):

    Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)

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