subfamily Dracenaceae — noun one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae • Syn: ↑Dracenaceae, ↑Dracaenaceae, ↑subfamily Dracaenaceae • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Agavaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Agavaceae — noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae • Syn: ↑family Agavaceae, ↑agave family, ↑sisal family •… … Useful english dictionary
agave family — noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae • Syn: ↑Agavaceae, ↑family Agavaceae, ↑sisal family •… … Useful english dictionary
family Agavaceae — noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae • Syn: ↑Agavaceae, ↑agave family, ↑sisal family • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
sisal family — noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae • Syn: ↑Agavaceae, ↑family Agavaceae, ↑agave family •… … Useful english dictionary
Dracaenaceae — noun one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae • Syn: ↑Dracenaceae, ↑subfamily Dracenaceae, ↑subfamily Dracaenaceae • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
liliid monocot family — noun family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Iridaceae, ↑family Iridaceae, ↑iris family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Dracaenaceae — noun one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae • Syn: ↑Dracenaceae, ↑subfamily Dracenaceae, ↑Dracaenaceae • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Agavaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Agavaceae — n. 1. 1 a natural family of chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae. Syn: family {Agavaceae}, agave family … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English