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Definition of Family 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 Family Iridaceae
Literary usage of Family Iridaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The iris family (Iridaceae, examples: Iris, the blue-flag, fleur-de-lis, etc.).
The lily-of-the-valley family (Convallariaceae, examples: lily- ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The iris family (Iridaceae, examples: Iris, the blue-flag, fleur-de-lis, etc.).
The lily-of-the-valley family ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Iris versicolor L. Iris family (Iridaceae). Iris; blue nag; (lag-lily; liver-lily;
water-flag; snake-lily. Native, perennial plant, 2 to 3 feet high, ..."
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