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CANNACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cannaceae mean? 

CANNACEAE (noun)
  The noun CANNACEAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Cannaplay

  Familiarity information: CANNACEAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANNACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Canna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cannaceae; family Cannaceae

Hypernyms ("Cannaceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Cannaceae"):

genus Canna (type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics)

Holonyms ("Cannaceae" is a member of...):

Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)


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