English noun: spiderwort family | |||
1. | spiderwort family (plant) large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts | ||
Synonyms | Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | liliopsid family, monocot family | ||
Member holonym | dayflower, genus Commelina, genus Tradescantia, spiderwort, Tradescantia | ||
Member meronym | Commelinales, order Commelinales, order Xyridales, Xyridales | ||