MAYACACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mayacaceae mean? 

• MAYACACEAE (noun)
  The noun MAYACACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales

  Familiarity information: MAYACACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAYACACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Mayacaceae; Mayacaceae

Hypernyms ("Mayacaceae" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Mayacaceae"):

genus Mayaca; Mayaca (small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers)

Holonyms ("Mayacaceae" is a member of...):

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