IRIS FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

• IRIS FAMILY (noun)
  The noun IRIS FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs

  Familiarity information: IRIS FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

• IRIS FAMILY (noun)

Meaning:

Large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family

Hypernyms ("iris family" 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)

Meronyms (members of "iris family"):

iridaceous plant (any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae)

Belamcanda; genus Belamcanda; genus Crocus (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)

genus Freesia (cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa)

genus Gladiolus (gladiolas)

genus Ixia; Ixia (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)

genus Sisyrinchium; Sisyrinchium (chiefly North American grasslike herbs)

genus Sparaxis; Sparaxis (deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iris family"):

genus Iris (large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes)

Holonyms ("iris family" is a member of...):

Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)