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Definition of Bur-reed family
1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Sparganium.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Order Pandanales, Pandanales
Member holonyms: Genus Sparganium, Sparganium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bur-reed Family
Literary usage of Bur-reed family
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 (1896)
"Sept. Family 2. SPARGANIACEAE Agardh, Theor. Syst. Pl. 13. 1858.* bur-reed family.
Marsh or pond plants with creeping rootstocks and fibrous roots, ..."
2. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"E bur-reed family Sparganium americanum, Nutt. Brown-white Bur-reed. ...
Three other members of the bur-reed family have been reported. ..."
3. Historic Mackinac: The Historical, Picturesque and Legendary Features of the by Edwin Orin Wood (1918)
"TYPHACEAE—CAT-TAIL FAMILY Typha latifolia L. Common Cat-tail. Noticed in a few
marshy places. SPARGANIACEAE—bur-reed family Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. ..."
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