HyperDic: rush_family

English > 1 sense of the expression rush family:
NOUNplantrush family, Juncaceae, family Juncaceaetufted herbs resembling grasses
English > rush family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes.
SynonymsJuncaceae, family Juncaceae
Member ofLiliales, order LilialesAn order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
MembersJuncus, genus Juncustype genus of the Juncaceae
rushgrasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishjuncáceas
CatalanJuncaceae, juncàcia

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