burmanniaceae

English Thesaurus

1. family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid family, monocot family,
definition	:	family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	burmannia, genus burmannia,
definition	:	type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	orchidales, order orchidales,
definition	:	order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae (noun.plant)