Definition of Family menyanthaceae

1. Noun. A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales.

Exact synonyms: Buckbean Family, Menyanthaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Gentianales, Order Gentianales
Member holonyms: Genus Menyanthes, Menyanthes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Menyanthaceae

family Megalonychidae
family Megalosauridae
family Megapodiidae
family Megatheriidae
family Melampsoraceae
family Melanthiaceae
family Melastomaceae
family Melastomataceae
family Meleagrididae
family Meliaceae
family Meliphagidae
family Meloidae
family Membracidae
family Menuridae
family Menyanthaceae
family Meropidae
family Micrococcaceae
family Microdesmidae
family Microhylidae
family Mimidae
family Mimosaceae
family Miridae
family Mniaceae
family Mobulidae
family Molidae
family Molossidae
family Momotidae
family Moniliaceae
family Monocanthidae

Literary usage of Family menyanthaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"... trifoliata L. Buck-bean family (Menyanthaceae). Buck-bean; bog-bean; marsh-trefoil; water-shamrock. Indigenous, perennial plant, about 1 foot in height, ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"... lii-si trifoliata L. Buck-bean family (Menyanthaceae). Buck-bean; lx>Kl*'aii; marsh-trefoil; water-shamrock. Indigenous, perennial plant, about 1 foot ..."

3. Flora of the District of Columbia and Vicinity by Albert Spear Hitchcock, United States National Museum (1919)
"... floating heart (of the allied family Menyanthaceae), was formerly well established in the fish ponds, Potomac Park; the ponds have been filled, however, ..."

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