Definition of Family Iridaceae

1. Noun. Large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Iridaceae

family Hypocreaceae
family Hypodermatidae
family Hypoxidaceae
family Hystricidae
family Ibidiidae
family Ichneumonidae
family Ichthyosauridae
family Icteridae
family Iguania
family Iguanidae
family Iguanodontidae
family Indicatoridae
family Indriidae
family Ipidae
family Irenidae
family Iridaceae (current term)
family Isoetaceae
family Istiophoridae
family Isuridae
family Ixodidae
family Juglandaceae
family Juncaceae
family Juncaginaceae
family Jungermanniaceae
family Kalotermitidae
family Kasuwonidae
family Kinosternidae
family Kyphosidae

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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