HyperDic: family_trilliaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Trilliaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Trilliaceae, Trilliaceae, trillium familysmall family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals
English > family Trilliaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae.
SynonymsTrilliaceae, trillium family
Member ofLiliales, order LilialesAn order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
Membersgenus Trilliumdeciduous perennial herbs
Broaderliliid monocot familyfamily of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae

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