family menyanthaceae

Noun
  1. A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales (synset 112504918)
    is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym: genus menyanthes, menyanthes - the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
    belongs to: gentianales, order gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
    same as: buckbean family, menyanthaceae

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