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

1 sense of family colchicaceae

Sense 1
Colchicaceae, family Colchicaceae -- (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa)
       => liliid monocot family -- (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)