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

1 sense of family orchidaceae

Sense 1
Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family -- (enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers)
       => monocot family, liliopsid family -- (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)