noun
a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
• Syn: ↑family Menyanthaceae, ↑buckbean family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Menyanthes, ↑genus Menyanthes
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\\ˌmenēˌanˈthāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a widely distributed family of aquatic or bog plants (order Gentianales) having basal or alternate leaves and valvate corolla lobes
• menyanthaceous adjective
Useful english dictionary. 2012.