SUBFAMILY NELUMBONACEAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Nelumbonaceae mean?
• SUBFAMILY NELUMBONACEAE (noun)
The noun SUBFAMILY NELUMBONACEAE has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo
Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY NELUMBONACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBFAMILY 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 ("subfamily 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 "subfamily Nelumbonaceae"):
genus Nelumbo; Nelumbo (sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses)
Holonyms ("subfamily Nelumbonaceae" is a member of...):
family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)