HyperDic: spiderwort_family

English > 1 sense of the expression spiderwort family:
NOUNplantspiderwort family, Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceaelarge widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers
English > spiderwort family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts.
SynonymsCommelinaceae, family Commelinaceae
Member ofXyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order CommelinalesAn order of monocotyledonous herbs
MembersTradescantia, genus Tradescantiaspiderworts
genus Commelinatype genus of the Commelinaceae
spiderwort, dayflowerAny plant of the family Commelinaceae
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishcommelináceas

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