TACCACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taccaceae mean? 

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

1. small family of tropical herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACCACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small family of tropical herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Taccaceae; Taccaceae

Hypernyms ("Taccaceae" 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 "Taccaceae"):

genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)

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

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