noun
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
• Syn: ↑Iridaceae, ↑iris family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous (for: ↑Iridaceae)
• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family
• Hyponyms: ↑genus Iris
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.