rush family

Noun
  1. Tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes (synset 111763578)
    is a type of: liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    member holonym:
    • rush - grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
    • genus juncus, juncus - type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
    belongs to: liliales, order liliales - an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
    same as: family juncaceae, juncaceae

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