BUR-REED FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bur-reed family mean? 

• BUR-REED FAMILY (noun)
  The noun BUR-REED FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Sparganium

  Familiarity information: BUR-REED FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUR-REED FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Sparganium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bur-reed family; family Sparganiaceae; Sparganiaceae

Hypernyms ("bur-reed family" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "bur-reed family"):

genus Sparganium; Sparganium (type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions)

Holonyms ("bur-reed family" is a member of...):

order Pandanales; Pandanales (families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae)