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FAMILY SPARGANIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sparganiaceae mean?
• FAMILY SPARGANIACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY SPARGANIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Sparganium
Familiarity information: FAMILY SPARGANIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Sparganium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bur-reed family; family Sparganiaceae; Sparganiaceae
Hypernyms ("family Sparganiaceae" 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 Sparganiaceae"):
genus Sparganium; Sparganium (type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions)
Holonyms ("family Sparganiaceae" is a member of...):
order Pandanales; Pandanales (families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae)
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