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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

group, grouping go
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

biological group go
a group of plants or animals

taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon go
animal or plant group having natural relations

family go
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

monocot family, liliopsid family go
family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

liliid monocot family
family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae

noun.plant

25 Subcategories

Iridaceae, family Iridaceae, iris family go
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Amaryllidaceae, family Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family go
snowdrop
Hypoxidaceae, family Hypoxidaceae go
in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family go
includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae
Alliaceae, family Alliaceae go
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Aloeaceae, family Aloeaceae, aloe family go
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Alstroemeriaceae, family Alstroemeriaceae go
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Aphyllanthaceae, family Aphyllanthaceae go
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Asparagaceae, family Asparagaceae go
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
Asphodelaceae, family Asphodelaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
Colchicaceae, family Colchicaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa
Hemerocallidaceae, family Hemerocallidaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Hostaceae, family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, family Funkaceae go
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Hyacinthaceae, family Hyacinthaceae go
one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Melanthiaceae, family Melanthiaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris
Ruscaceae, family Ruscaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Tecophilaeacea, family Tecophilaeacea go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Xanthorrhoeaceae, family Xanthorrhoeaceae, grass tree family go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Trilliaceae, family Trilliaceae, trillium family go
small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals
Smilacaceae, subfamily Smilacaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Convallariaceae, family Convallariaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Uvulariaceae, subfamily Uvulariaceae go
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
Taccaceae, family Taccaceae go
small family of tropical herbs
Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family go
chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae)
Dracenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae, Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae go
one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae