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FAMILY JUNCACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
Synonyms:
family Juncaceae; Juncaceae; rush family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Juncaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "family Juncaceae"):
rush (grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems)
genus Juncus; Juncus (type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes)
Holonyms ("family Juncaceae" is a member of...):
Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)