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IRIS FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Synonyms:
family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("iris family" 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 "iris family"):
iridaceous plant (any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae)
Belamcanda; genus Belamcanda; genus Crocus (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)
genus Freesia (cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa)
genus Gladiolus (gladiolas)
genus Ixia; Ixia (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)
genus Sisyrinchium; Sisyrinchium (chiefly North American grasslike herbs)
genus Sparaxis; Sparaxis (deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iris family"):
genus Iris (large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes)
Holonyms ("iris family" is a member of...):
Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)
