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    FAMILY ERIOCAULACEAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipewortsplay

    Synonyms:

    Eriocaulaceae; family Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Eriocaulaceae" 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 Eriocaulaceae"):

    Eriocaulon; genus Eriocaulon (type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs)

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

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

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