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Noun: Commelinaceae
  1. Large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
    - family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family

Type of: liliopsid family, monocot family

Part of: Commelinales, order Commelinales, order Xyridales, Xyridales

Encyclopedia: Commelinaceae