noun
large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
• Syn: ↑family Commelinaceae, ↑spiderwort family
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Xyridales, ↑order Xyridales, ↑Commelinales, ↑order Commelinales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Commelina, ↑spiderwort, ↑dayflower, ↑Tradescantia, ↑genus Tradescantia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.