noun
some genera placed in family Liliaceae
• Syn: ↑Haemodoraceae, ↑family Haemodoraceae
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
• Member Meronyms: ↑bloodwort, ↑Haemodorum, ↑genus Haemodorum, ↑Anigozanthus, ↑genus Anigozanthus
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bloodwort family,
a small group of monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous plants, most species of which have red roots, such as the North American redroot.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.