LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lizard's-tail family mean? 

• LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY (noun)
  The noun LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia

  Familiarity information: LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY (noun)

Meaning:

Family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae

Hypernyms ("lizard's-tail family" is a kind of...):

dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "lizard's-tail family"):

genus Saururus; Saururus (type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails)

Anemopsis; genus Anemopsis (one species: yerba mansa)

genus Houttuynia; Houttuynia (one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places)

Holonyms ("lizard's-tail family" is a member of...):

order Piperales; Piperales (Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae)