HyperDic: family_commelinaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Commelinaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Commelinaceae, Commelinaceae, spiderwort familylarge widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers
English > family Commelinaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts.
SynonymsCommelinaceae, 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

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