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ERIOCAULACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eriocaulaceae mean?
• ERIOCAULACEAE (noun)
The noun ERIOCAULACEAE has 1 sense:
1. chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
Familiarity information: ERIOCAULACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eriocaulaceae; family Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family
Hypernyms ("Eriocaulaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Eriocaulaceae"):
Eriocaulon; genus Eriocaulon (type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs)
Holonyms ("Eriocaulaceae" is a member of...):
Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)
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