Definition of monocot family Monocot family
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| monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed | ||
| liliopsid family | ||
| family primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" | ||
| class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae | ||
| liliid monocot family family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils | ||
| family juncaceae, juncaceae, rush family tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes | ||
| araceae, arum family, family araceae anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron | ||
| acoraceae, subfamily acoraceae used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae | ||
| duckweed family, family lemnaceae, lemnaceae family of small free-floating thalloid plants | ||
| family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers | ||
| burmanniaceae, family burmanniaceae family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers | ||
| family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane | ||
| cyperaceae, family cyperaceae, sedge family bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant | ||
| family pandanaceae, pandanaceae, screw-pine family family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus | ||
| cattail family, family typhaceae, typhaceae perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves | ||
| bur-reed family, family sparganiaceae, sparganiaceae coextensive with the genus Sparganium | ||
| bloodwort family, family haemodoraceae, haemodoraceae some genera placed in family Liliaceae | ||
| cannaceae, family cannaceae coextensive with the genus Canna | ||
| arrowroot family, family marantaceae, marantaceae tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes | ||
| banana family, family musaceae, musaceae treelike tropical Asian herbs | ||
| family strelitziaceae, strelitzia family, strelitziaceae woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae | ||
| family zingiberaceae, ginger family, zingiberaceae a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales | ||
| arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales | ||
| family xyridaceae, xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places | ||
| commelinaceae, family commelinaceae, spiderwort family large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts | ||
| bromeliaceae, family bromeliaceae, pineapple family a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance | ||
| family mayacaceae, mayacaceae a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales | ||
| family rapateaceae, rapateaceae South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae | ||
| eriocaulaceae, family eriocaulaceae, pipewort family chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts | ||
| family pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, pontederiaceae aquatic or bog plants | ||
| family naiadaceae, family najadaceae, naiad family, naiadaceae, najadaceae monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers | ||
| alismataceae, family alismataceae, water-plantain family perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants | ||
| family hydrocharidaceae, family hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family, hydrocharidaceae, hydrocharitaceae simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed | ||
| family potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, potamogetonaceae plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae | ||
| arrow-grass family, family juncaginaceae, family scheuchzeriaceae, juncaginaceae, scheuchzeriaceae a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales | ||
| family zannichelliaceae, zannichelliaceae alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species | ||
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