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CANNACEAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cannaceae mean?

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

1. coextensive with the genus Canna

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

Dictionary entry details

• CANNACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Cannaceae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Canna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cannaceae; family Cannaceae

Hypernyms ("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 "Cannaceae"):

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

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

Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)

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