FAMILY CANNACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cannaceae mean? 

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

1. coextensive with the genus Canna

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CANNACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Canna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cannaceae; family Cannaceae

Hypernyms ("family 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 "family Cannaceae"):

genus Canna (type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics)

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

Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)