family Iridaceae

family Iridaceae
noun
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Syn: ↑Iridaceae, ↑iris family
Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous (for: ↑Iridaceae)
Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family
Hyponyms: ↑genus Iris
Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
Member Meronyms:

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  • Iridaceae — noun large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs • Syn: ↑family Iridaceae, ↑iris family • Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Iridaceae —   Iridaceae …   Wikipedia Español

  • Iridaceae — ▪ plant family  the iris family of flowering plants, belonging to the order Liliales. The family is known for ornamental genera such as Iris, Gladiolus, and Crocus (see photograph >).       The Iridaceae contains some 80 genera and an estimated 1 …   Universalium

  • Iridaceae — Schwertliliengewächse Bastard Schwertlilie (Iris spuria) Systematik Überabteilung: Samenpflanzen (Spermatophyta) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Iridaceae — Taxobox name = Iris family fossil range = fossil range|60 Early Paleogene Recent image width = 250px image caption = Dietes grandiflora regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Iridaceae familia… …   Wikipedia

  • Iridaceae — n. (Botany) iris family, family of perennial geophytic plants with rhizomes or bulbs and corms …   English contemporary dictionary

  • iris family — noun large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs • Syn: ↑Iridaceae, ↑family Iridaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous (for: ↑Iridaceae) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   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

  • iris family — the plant family Iridaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having bulbs, corms, or rhizomes, sword shaped grasslike leaves, and usually showy flowers, and including the blackberry lily, crocus, freesia, gladiolus, and iris. * * * Family… …   Universalium

  • iris family — i′ris fam ily n. pln a family, Iridaceae, of nonwoody plants with showy flowers and with narrow leaves that emerge from bulbs, corms, or rhizomes …   From formal English to slang

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