spiderwort family
large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts • Syn: Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae • Hypernyms: monocot family, liliopsid family • Member Holonyms: Xyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales • Member Meronyms: genus Commelina, spiderwort, dayflower, Tradescantia, genus Tradescantia
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