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FAMILY JUNCAGINACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Juncaginaceae mean?
• FAMILY JUNCAGINACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY JUNCAGINACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
Familiarity information: FAMILY JUNCAGINACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
arrow-grass family; family Juncaginaceae; family Scheuchzeriaceae; Juncaginaceae; Scheuchzeriaceae
Hypernyms ("family Juncaginaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "family Juncaginaceae"):
genus Triglochin; Triglochin (perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass)
Holonyms ("family Juncaginaceae" is a member of...):
Alismales; Naiadales; order Alismales; order Naiadales (an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants)
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