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PIPEWORT FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts

Synonyms:

Eriocaulaceae; family Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pipewort 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 "pipewort family"):

Eriocaulon; genus Eriocaulon (type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs)

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

Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)

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