NOUN | plant | iris family, Iridaceae, family Iridaceae | large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs |
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Meaning | large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs. | |
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Synonyms | Iridaceae, family Iridaceae | |
Member of | Liliales, order Liliales | An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae |
Members | Belamcanda, genus Belamcanda | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae |
Ixia, genus Ixia | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae | |
Sisyrinchium, genus Sisyrinchium | chiefly North American grasslike herbs | |
Sparaxis, genus Sparaxis | deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa | |
genus Crocus | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae | |
genus Freesia | cormous perennial herbs | |
genus Gladiolus | gladiolas | |
iridaceous plant | Any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae | |
Narrower | genus Iris | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes |
Broader | liliid monocot family | family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae |
Spanish | iridáceas | |
Catalan | Iridaceae, iridàcia, iridàcies |
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