HyperDic: pipewort_family

English > 1 sense of the expression pipewort family:
NOUNplantpipewort family, Eriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceaechiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs
English > pipewort family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts.
SynonymsEriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceae
Member ofXyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order CommelinalesAn order of monocotyledonous herbs
MembersEriocaulon, genus Eriocaulontype genus of the Eriocaulaceae
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

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