iridaceae
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1. large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliid monocot family, |
| definition | : | family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus iris, |
| definition | : | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | iridaceous plant, |
| definition | : | any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus crocus, |
| definition | : | a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus freesia, |
| definition | : | cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus ixia, ixia, |
| definition | : | a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | liliales, order liliales, |
| definition | : | an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | iridaceous, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | iridaceous, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae (adj.pert) |
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