Liliaceae

noun

includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae

• Syn: ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family

• Derivationally related forms: ↑liliaceous

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales

• Member Meronyms:

↑liliaceous plant, ↑Lilium, ↑genus Lilium, ↑genus Agapanthus, ↑genus Albuca, ↑Aletris, ↑genus Aletris, ↑Alliaceae, ↑family Alliaceae, ↑Allium, ↑genus Allium, ↑Aloeaceae, ↑family Aloeaceae, ↑aloe family, ↑genus Aloe, ↑genus Kniphofia, ↑Alstroemeriaceae, ↑family Alstroemeriaceae, ↑genus Alstroemeria, ↑Amianthum, ↑genus Amianthum, ↑Anthericum, ↑genus Anthericum, ↑Aphyllanthaceae, ↑family Aphyllanthaceae, ↑Aphyllanthes, ↑genus Aphyllanthes, ↑Asparagaceae, ↑family Asparagaceae, ↑genus Asparagus, ↑Asphodelaceae, ↑family Asphodelaceae, ↑asphodel, ↑Asphodeline, ↑genus Asphodeline, ↑Asphodelus, ↑genus Asphodelus, ↑genus Aspidistra, ↑Bessera, ↑genus Bessera, ↑Blandfordia, ↑genus Blandfordia, ↑Bloomeria, ↑genus Bloomeria, ↑Bowiea, ↑genus Bowiea, ↑genus Brodiaea, ↑Calochortus, ↑genus Calochortus, ↑Camassia, ↑genus Camassia, ↑Quamassia, ↑genus Quamassia, ↑Erythronium, ↑genus Erythronium, ↑Fritillaria, ↑genus Fritillaria, ↑Tulipa, ↑genus Tulipa, ↑Colchicaceae, ↑family Colchicaceae, ↑Colchicum, ↑genus Colchicum, ↑genus Gloriosa, ↑Hemerocallidaceae, ↑family Hemerocallidaceae, ↑Hemerocallis, ↑genus Hemerocallis, ↑Hostaceae, ↑family Hostaceae, ↑Funkaceae, ↑family Funkaceae, ↑Hosta, ↑genus Hosta, ↑Funka, ↑genus Funka, ↑Hyacinthaceae, ↑family Hyacinthaceae, ↑genus Hyacinthus, ↑Hyacinthoides, ↑genus Hyacinthoides, ↑Ornithogalum, ↑genus Ornithogalum, ↑Muscari, ↑genus Muscari, ↑genus Scilla, ↑Tofieldia, ↑genus Tofieldia, ↑Urginea, ↑genus Urginea, ↑Ruscus, ↑genus Ruscus, ↑Melanthiaceae, ↑family Melanthiaceae, ↑Narthecium, ↑genus Narthecium, ↑Veratrum, ↑genus Veratrum, ↑Ruscaceae, ↑family Ruscaceae, ↑Tecophilaeacea, ↑family Tecophilaeacea, ↑Xerophyllum, ↑genus Xerophyllum, ↑Xanthorrhoeaceae, ↑family Xanthorrhoeaceae, ↑grass tree family, ↑Xanthorroea, ↑genus Xanthorroea, ↑Zigadenus, ↑genus Zigadenus, ↑Paris, ↑genus Paris, ↑Smilacaceae, ↑subfamily Smilacaceae, ↑Smilax, ↑genus Smilax, ↑Convallariaceae, ↑family Convallariaceae, ↑Convallaria, ↑genus Convallaria, ↑genus Clintonia, ↑Liriope, ↑genus Liriope, ↑Maianthemum, ↑genus Maianthemum, ↑Polygonatum, ↑genus Polygonatum, ↑Uvulariaceae, ↑subfamily Uvulariaceae

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\\ˌlilēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lilium, type genus + -aceae

: a large family of monocotyledonous plants (order Liliales) characterized by a regular perianth of separate segments, superior ovary, loculicidal capsular fruit, and usually bulbous stem base