bloodwort family

bloodwort family
noun
some genera placed in family Liliaceae
Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
Member Meronyms: ↑bloodwort, ↑Haemodorum, ↑genus Haemodorum, ↑Anigozanthus, ↑genus Anigozanthus

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noun

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bloodwort family,
a small group of monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous plants, most species of which have red roots, such as the North American redroot.

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