LILY FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lily family mean? 

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

1. includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae

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 Dictionary entry details 

• LILY FAMILY (noun)

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Meaning:

Includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family

Hypernyms ("lily family" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot family (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "lily family"):

family Melanthiaceae; Melanthiaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum)

genus Narthecium; Narthecium (bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Ruscus; Ruscus (a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)

genus Urginea; Urginea (Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Scilla (sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae)

genus Muscari; Muscari; genus Ornithogalum; Ornithogalum (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

genus Hyacinthoides; Hyacinthoides (small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

genus Hyacinthus (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus)

family Hyacinthaceae; Hyacinthaceae (one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)

Funka; genus Funka; genus Hosta; Hosta (robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae)

family Funkaceae; family Hostaceae; Funkaceae; Hostaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta)

genus Hemerocallis; Hemerocallis (east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae)

family Hemerocallidaceae; Hemerocallidaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis)

genus Gloriosa (sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily)

Colchicum; genus Colchicum (chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae)

Smilacaceae; subfamily Smilacaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)

subfamily Uvulariaceae; Uvulariaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae)

genus Polygonatum; Polygonatum (sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae)

genus Maianthemum; Maianthemum (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley)

genus Liriope; Liriope (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf)

genus Clintonia (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae)

Convallaria; genus Convallaria (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley)

Convallariaceae; family Convallariaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)

genus Smilax; Smilax (sometimes placed in Smilacaceae)

Colchicaceae; family Colchicaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa)

genus Paris; Paris (sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae)

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Xanthorroea; Xanthorroea (grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae)

family Xanthorrhoeaceae; grass tree family; Xanthorrhoeaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)

genus Xerophyllum; Xerophyllum (small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

family Tecophilaeacea; Tecophilaeacea; family Ruscaceae; Ruscaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)

genus Veratrum; Veratrum (a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae)

aloe family; Aloeaceae; family Aloeaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)

Aphyllanthes; genus Aphyllanthes (one species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae)

Aphyllanthaceae; family Aphyllanthaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes)

Anthericum; genus Anthericum (genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)

Amianthum; genus Amianthum (one species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Alstroemeria (genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae)

Alstroemeriaceae; family Alstroemeriaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae)

genus Kniphofia (genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae)

genus Aloe (large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae)

Fritillaria; genus Fritillaria (fritillary)

Allium; genus Allium (large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus)

Alliaceae; family Alliaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium)

Aletris; genus Aletris (small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Albuca (genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae)

genus Agapanthus (small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae)

genus Lilium; Lilium (type genus of Liliaceae)

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

genus Asparagus (large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)

genus Tulipa; Tulipa (Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs)

Erythronium; genus Erythronium (perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily)

Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia (genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs)

Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)

genus Brodiaea (genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)

Bowiea; genus Bowiea (small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

Bloomeria; genus Bloomeria (small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)

Blandfordia; genus Blandfordia (small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs)

Bessera; genus Bessera (small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)

genus Aspidistra (genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae)

Asphodelus; genus Asphodelus (small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)

Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline (genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)

asphodel (any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers)

Asphodelaceae; family Asphodelaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae)

Asparagaceae; family Asparagaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus)

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

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