NELUMBONACEAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nelumbonaceae mean? 

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

1. in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NELUMBONACEAE (noun)

Meaning:

In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nelumbonaceae; subfamily Nelumbonaceae

Hypernyms ("Nelumbonaceae" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Nelumbonaceae"):

genus Nelumbo; Nelumbo (sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses)

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

family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)