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HYACINTHACEAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Hyacinthaceae mean?

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

1. one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted

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

Dictionary entry details

• HYACINTHACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Hyacinthaceae; Hyacinthaceae

Hypernyms ("Hyacinthaceae" 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 ("Hyacinthaceae" 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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