xyridales
English Thesaurus
1. an order of monocotyledonous herbs (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | plant order, |
definition | : | the order of plants (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | family xyridaceae, xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family, |
definition | : | plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | commelinaceae, family commelinaceae, spiderwort family, |
definition | : | large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | bromeliaceae, family bromeliaceae, pineapple family, |
definition | : | a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | family mayacaceae, mayacaceae, |
definition | : | a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | family rapateaceae, rapateaceae, |
definition | : | South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | eriocaulaceae, family eriocaulaceae, pipewort family, |
definition | : | chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | family pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, pontederiaceae, |
definition | : | aquatic or bog plants (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | commelinidae, subclass commelinidae, |
definition | : | one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae (noun.plant) |
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