rush family

rush family
noun
tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
Syn: ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncaceae
Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
Member Meronyms: ↑rush, ↑Juncus, ↑genus Juncus

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noun

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the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.

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