NOUN | plant | Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family | large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers |
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Meaning | large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts. | |
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Synonyms | family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family | |
Member of | Xyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales | An order of monocotyledonous herbs |
Members | Tradescantia, genus Tradescantia | spiderworts |
genus Commelina | type genus of the Commelinaceae | |
spiderwort, dayflower | Any plant of the family Commelinaceae | |
Broader | monocot family, liliopsid family | family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | commelináceas |
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