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FAMILY ALSTROEMERIACEAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Alstroemeriaceae mean? 

FAMILY ALSTROEMERIACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY 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: FAMILY ALSTROEMERIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.


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FAMILY ALSTROEMERIACEAE (noun)


Sense 1family Alstroemeriaceae [BACK TO TOP]

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 ("family 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 ("family 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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