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BUR-REED FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Sparganium

Synonyms:

bur-reed family; family Sparganiaceae; Sparganiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bur-reed 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 "bur-reed family"):

genus Sparganium; Sparganium (type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions)

Holonyms ("bur-reed family" is a member of...):

order Pandanales; Pandanales (families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae)

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