BLOODWORT FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodwort family mean? 

• BLOODWORT FAMILY (noun)
  The noun BLOODWORT FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. some genera placed in family Liliaceae

  Familiarity information: BLOODWORT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOODWORT FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Some genera placed in family Liliaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bloodwort family; family Haemodoraceae; Haemodoraceae

Hypernyms ("bloodwort 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 "bloodwort family"):

bloodwort (any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter)

genus Haemodorum; Haemodorum (type genus of family Haemodoraceae)

Anigozanthus; genus Anigozanthus (genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae)

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

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