Menyanthaceae

noun

a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales

• Syn: ↑family Menyanthaceae, ↑buckbean family

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Menyanthes, ↑genus Menyanthes

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\\ˌmenēˌanˈthāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a widely distributed family of aquatic or bog plants (order Gentianales) having basal or alternate leaves and valvate corolla lobes

• menyanthaceous adjective