Word
agave family, n.
chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
<noun.plant>
Agavaceae
agave family
family Agavaceae
sisal family
semantic pointers
hypernym
liliid monocot family
member holonym
Liliales, order Liliales
member meronym
agave, century plant, American aloe
genus Agave
Cordyline, genus Cordyline
Dracenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae, Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae
genus Dracaena
Nolina, genus Nolina
Polianthes, genus Polianthes
genus Sansevieria
genus Yucca