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ARROWROOT FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes

Synonyms:

arrowroot family; family Marantaceae; Marantaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("arrowroot family" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "arrowroot family"):

genus Maranta (herbs of tropical America)

Holonyms ("arrowroot family" is a member of...):

Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)

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