family iridaceae

1. 1.

   large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs

   SynonymsIridaceaeiris family

   Broaderliliid monocot family

   Narrowergenus Iris

   Part ofLiliales

Questions about family iridaceae

What does family iridaceae mean?

family iridaceae means "large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs".

What is another word for family iridaceae?

Close synonyms include Iridaceae, iris family. 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 family iridaceae a common word?

family iridaceae 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.