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Iridaceae
noun
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Syn: ↑family Iridaceae, ↑iris family
Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous
Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family
Hyponyms: ↑genus Iris
Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
Member Meronyms:
iridaceous plant, ↑Belamcanda, ↑genus Belamcanda, ↑genus Crocus, ↑genus Freesia, ↑genus Gladiolus, ↑Ixia, ↑genus Ixia, ↑Sisyrinchium, ↑genus Sisyrinchium, ↑Sparaxis, ↑genus Sparaxis

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\\ˌirəˈdāsēˌē, ˌīr-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Irid-, Iris, type genus + -aceae
: a family of perennial herbs (order Liliales) with usually only basal ensiform leaves and flowers in racemes or panicles that are subtended individually or in clusters by two spathose bracts and have the perianth petaloid and the ovary inferior

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Iridāˈceae /i-rid-āˈsi-ē, ī-/ plural noun
The iris family, distinguished from lilies by their inferior ovary and single whorl of stamens (also Iridˈeae)
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Main Entry:irid

Useful english dictionary. 2012.