NOUN | plant | family Juncaceae, Juncaceae, rush family | tufted herbs resembling grasses |
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Meaning | tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes. | |
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Synonyms | Juncaceae, rush family | |
Member of | Liliales, order Liliales | An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae |
Members | Juncus, genus Juncus | type genus of the Juncaceae |
rush | grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems | |
Broader | monocot family, liliopsid family | family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | juncáceas | |
Catalan | Juncaceae, juncàcia |
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