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CANNACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cannaceae mean?
• CANNACEAE (noun)
The noun CANNACEAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Canna
Familiarity information: CANNACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Canna
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cannaceae; family Cannaceae
Hypernyms ("Cannaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Cannaceae"):
genus Canna (type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics)
Holonyms ("Cannaceae" is a member of...):
Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)
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