bur-reed family

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   coextensive with the genus Sparganium

   SynonymsSparganiaceaefamily Sparganiaceae

   Broadermonocot family

   Part ofPandanales

Questions about bur-reed family

What does bur-reed family mean?

bur-reed family means "coextensive with the genus Sparganium".

What is another word for bur-reed family?

Close synonyms include Sparganiaceae, family Sparganiaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bur-reed family a common word?

bur-reed family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.