family taccaceae

English Thesaurus

1. small family of tropical herbs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliid monocot family,
definition	:	family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus tacca, tacca,
definition	:	genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	liliales, order liliales,
definition	:	an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae (noun.plant)