noun
chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
• Syn: ↑Eriocaulaceae, ↑family Eriocaulaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Xyridales, ↑order Xyridales, ↑Commelinales, ↑order Commelinales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Eriocaulon, ↑genus Eriocaulon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.