HyperDic: commelinaceae

English > 1 sense of the word Commelinaceae:
NOUNplantCommelinaceae, family Commelinaceae, spiderwort familylarge widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers
English > Commelinaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts.
Synonymsfamily Commelinaceae, spiderwort family
Member ofXyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order CommelinalesAn order of monocotyledonous herbs
MembersTradescantia, genus Tradescantiaspiderworts
genus Commelinatype genus of the Commelinaceae
spiderwort, dayflowerAny plant of the family Commelinaceae
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishcommelináceas

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict