English > lily family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae. |
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| Synonyms | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae |
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| Member of | Liliales, order Liliales | An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae |
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| Members | Aletris, genus Aletris | small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia |
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| Alliaceae, family Alliaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Allium, genus Allium | large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants |
| Aloeaceae, family Aloeaceae, aloe family | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Alstroemeriaceae, family Alstroemeriaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Amianthum, genus Amianthum | One species |
| Anthericum, genus Anthericum | genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs |
| Aphyllanthaceae, family Aphyllanthaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Aphyllanthes, genus Aphyllanthes | One species |
| Asparagaceae, family Asparagaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae |
| Asphodelaceae, family Asphodelaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae |
| Asphodeline, genus Asphodeline | genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes |
| Asphodelus, genus Asphodelus | small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles |
| Bessera, genus Bessera | small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico |
| Blandfordia, genus Blandfordia | small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs |
| Bloomeria, genus Bloomeria | small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico |
| Bowiea, genus Bowiea | small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems |
| Calochortus, genus Calochortus | large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs |
| Camassia, genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia | genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs |
| Colchicaceae, family Colchicaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Colchicum, genus Colchicum | chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs |
| Convallaria, genus Convallaria | sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae |
| Convallariaceae, family Convallariaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Erythronium, genus Erythronium | perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States |
| Fritillaria, genus Fritillaria | fritillary |
| Hemerocallidaceae, family Hemerocallidaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Hemerocallis, genus Hemerocallis | east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks |
| Hosta, genus Hosta, Funka, genus Funka | Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers |
| Hostaceae, family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, family Funkaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Hyacinthaceae, family Hyacinthaceae | One of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Hyacinthoides, genus Hyacinthoides | small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa |
| Lilium, genus Lilium | type genus of Liliaceae |
| Liriope, genus Liriope | sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae |
| Maianthemum, genus Maianthemum | sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae |
| Melanthiaceae, family Melanthiaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Muscari, genus Muscari | sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae |
| Narthecium, genus Narthecium | bog asphodels |
| Ornithogalum, genus Ornithogalum | sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae |
| Paris, genus Paris | sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae |
| Polygonatum, genus Polygonatum | sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae |
| Ruscaceae, family Ruscaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Ruscus, genus Ruscus | A genus of European evergreen shrubs |
| Smilacaceae, subfamily Smilacaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Smilax, genus Smilax | sometimes placed in Smilacaceae |
| Tecophilaeacea, family Tecophilaeacea | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Tofieldia, genus Tofieldia | genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions |
| Tulipa, genus Tulipa | Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs |
| Urginea, genus Urginea | Mediterranean liliaceous plants |
| Uvulariaceae, subfamily Uvulariaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae |
| Veratrum, genus Veratrum | A genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs |
| Xanthorrhoeaceae, family Xanthorrhoeaceae, grass tree family | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Xanthorroea, genus Xanthorroea | grass trees |
| Xerophyllum, genus Xerophyllum | small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves |
| Zigadenus, genus Zigadenus | genus of mostly North American poisonous plants |
| asphodel | Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera ... / genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers |
| genus Agapanthus | small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants |
| genus Albuca | genus of bulbous plants of South Africa |
| genus Aloe | large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants |
| genus Alstroemeria | genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems |
| genus Asparagus | large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers |
| genus Aspidistra | genus of eastern Asiatic herbs |
| genus Brodiaea | genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers |
| genus Clintonia | sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae |
| genus Gloriosa | sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae |
| genus Hyacinthus | sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus |
| genus Kniphofia | genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves |
| genus Scilla | sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae |
| liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
| Broader | liliid monocot family | family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae |
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| Spanish | liláceas, liliáceas |
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| Catalan | Liliaceae, liliàcies |
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