YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow-eyed grass family mean? 

• YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY (noun)
  The noun YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places

  Familiarity information: YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Xyridaceae; Xyridaceae; yellow-eyed grass family

Hypernyms ("yellow-eyed grass family" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "yellow-eyed grass family"):

genus Xyris; Xyris (chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("yellow-eyed grass family" is a member of...):

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