| NOUN | plant | Juncaceae, family Juncaceae, rush family | tufted herbs resembling grasses |
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| Meaning | tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes. | |
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| Synonyms | family 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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