HyperDic: family_xyridaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Xyridaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Xyridaceae, Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass familyplants of tropical to temperate regions
English > family Xyridaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places.
SynonymsXyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family
Member ofXyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order CommelinalesAn order of monocotyledonous herbs
MembersXyris, genus Xyrischiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

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