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    FAMILY TRILLIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    family Trilliaceae; Trilliaceae; trillium family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    liliid monocot family (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

    Meronyms (members of "family Trilliaceae"):

    genus Trillium (deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae)

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

    Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)

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