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ALSTROEMERIACEAE

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

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

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

• ALSTROEMERIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alstroemeriaceae; family Alstroemeriaceae

Hypernyms ("Alstroemeriaceae" 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)

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

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (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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