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Definition of Iridaceae
1. Noun. Large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Family
Group relationships: Liliales, Order Liliales
Member holonyms: Iridaceous Plant, Belamcanda, Genus Belamcanda, Genus Crocus, Genus Freesia, Genus Gladiolus, Genus Ixia, Ixia, Genus Sisyrinchium, Sisyrinchium, Genus Sparaxis, Sparaxis
Specialized synonyms: Genus Iris
Derivative terms: Iridaceous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iridaceae
Literary usage of Iridaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Iridaceae Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2: 382. 1836. IRIS FAMILY. Perennial herbs with
narrow equitant 2-ranked leaves and perfect regular or irregular mostly ..."
2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"... camas," "white camas," and "lobelia," and common in the natural meadows.
The roots when eaten cause extreme vomiting. See under Iris. Iridaceae Iris ..."
3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"IRIS FAMILY (Iridaceae) Larger Blue Flag; Blue Iris; Fleur-de-lis; Flower-de-luce
Iris versicolor Flowers—Several, 2 to 3 in. long, violet-blue variegated ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Iridaceae Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2: 382. 1836. IRIS FAMILY. Perennial herbs with
narrow equitant 2-ranked leaves and perfect regular or irregular mostly ..."
5. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"... camas," "white camas," and "lobelia," and common in the natural meadows.
The roots when eaten cause extreme vomiting. See under Iris. Iridaceae Iris ..."
6. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"IRIS FAMILY (Iridaceae) Larger Blue Flag; Blue Iris; Fleur-de-lis; Flower-de-luce
Iris versicolor Flowers—Several, 2 to 3 in. long, violet-blue variegated ..."
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