Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun agavaceae

1 sense of agavaceae

Sense 1
Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family -- (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)
       => liliid monocot family -- (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)