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YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places

Synonyms:

family Xyridaceae; Xyridaceae; yellow-eyed grass family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("yellow-eyed grass 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 "yellow-eyed grass family"):

genus Xyris; Xyris (chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("yellow-eyed grass family" is a member of...):

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

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