family monotropaceae

1. 1.

   used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes

   SynonymsMonotropaceae

   Broaderdilleniid dicot family

   Part ofEricales

Questions about family monotropaceae

What does family monotropaceae mean?

family monotropaceae means "used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes".

What is another word for family monotropaceae?

Close synonyms include Monotropaceae. 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 monotropaceae a common word?

family monotropaceae 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.