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MAYACACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mayacaceae mean?
• MAYACACEAE (noun)
The noun MAYACACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
Familiarity information: MAYACACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Mayacaceae; Mayacaceae
Hypernyms ("Mayacaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Mayacaceae"):
genus Mayaca; Mayaca (small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers)
Holonyms ("Mayacaceae" is a member of...):
Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)
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