#class_Monocotyledones__Monocotyledones__Monocotyledonae__class_Monocotyledonae__Liliopsida__class_Liliopsida  comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
  supertype:  #class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  #class_Angiospermae
  member:  #monocot_genus__monocotgenu__liliopsid_genus  genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
  member:  #monocot__liliopsid  a monocotyledonous flowering plant
  member:  #subclass_Alismatidae__Alismatidae  one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semi-aquatic herbs
  member:  #subclass_Arecidae__Arecidae  one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae: and Lemnaceae
     member:  #order_Arales__Arales  Araceae; Lemnaceae
        member:  #family_Araceae__Araceae__arum_family  anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
           member:  #aroid__arum  any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
           member:  #genus_Arum  type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves
              member:  #cuckoopint__lords-and-ladies__jack-in-the-pulpit__Arum_maculatum  common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
              member:  #black_calla__Arum_palaestinum  ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe
           member:  #genus_Acorus__Acorus  sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae
              member:  #sweet_flag__sweetflag__calamus__sweet_calamus__sweetcalamu__myrtle_flag__flagroot__Acorus_calamus  perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
           member:  #subfamily_Acoraceae__Acoraceae  used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
           member:  #genus_Aglaonema__Aglaonema  climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
              member:  #Chinese_evergreen__Japanese_leaf__Aglaonema_modestum  erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves
           member:  #genus_Alocasia  tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix
              member:  #alocasia__elephant's_ear__elephant_ear  any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
           member:  #genus_Amorphophallus  genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm
              member:  #amorphophallus  any plant of the genus Amorphophallus
              member:  #pungapung__telingo_potato__telingopotato__elephant_yam__Amorphophallus_paeonifolius__Amorphophallus_campanulatus  putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
              member:  #devil's_tongue__devil'stongue__snake_palm__snakepalm__umbrella_arum__Amorphophallus_rivieri  foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
              member:  #krubi__titan_arum__titanarum__Amorphophallus_titanum  malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
           member:  #genus_Anthurium  large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants
              member:  #anthurium__tailflower  any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers
           member:  #genus_Arisaema__Arisaema  tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
              member:  #jack-in-the-pulpit__Indian_turnip__wake-robin__Arisaema_triphyllum__Arisaema_atrorubens  common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
              member:  #green_dragon__greendragon__Arisaema_dracontium  early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix
           member:  #genus_Arisarum__Arisarum  tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area
              member:  #friar's-cowl__friar'scowl__arisarumvulgare  tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
           member:  #genus_Caladium  small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves
              member:  #caladium  any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red
           member:  #genus_Calla__Calla  water arum
              member:  #wild_calla__water_arum__waterarum__Calla_palustris  plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
           member:  #genus_Colocasia__Colocasia  small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
              member:  #taro_plant__taro__dalo__dasheen__Colocasia_esculenta  herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
           member:  #genus_Cryptocoryne  water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants
              member:  #cryptocoryne__water_trumpet__watertrumpet  any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia
           member:  #genus_Dieffenbachia__Dieffenbachia  evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
              member:  #dumb_cane__mother-in-law_plant__mother-in-law's_tongue__Dieffenbachia_sequine  a evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
           member:  #genus_Dracontium  small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
              member:  #dracontium  any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves
           member:  #Dracunculus__genus_Dracunculus  tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
              member:  #dragon_arum__green_dragon__greendragon__Dracunculus_vulgaris  European arum resembling the cuckoopint
           member:  #genus_Epipremnum__Epipremnum  small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas
              member:  #golden_pothos__pothos__ivy_arum__ivyarum__Epipremnum_aureum__Scindapsus_aureus  evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
           member:  #genus_Lysichiton__Lysichiton__Lysichitum__genus_Lysichitum  skunk cabbage
           member:  #genus_Monstera  tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves
              member:  #monstera  any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants
           member:  #genus_Nephthytis  small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs
              member:  #nephthytis  any plant of the genus Nephthytis
           member:  #genus_Orontium__Orontium  1 species of aquatic plant: golden club
              member:  #golden_club__Orontium_aquaticum  aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers
           member:  #genus_Peltandra__Peltandra  small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
              member:  #arrow_arum__arrowarum  an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America
           member:  #genus_Philodendron  any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves
              member:  #philodendron  often grown as a houseplant
           member:  #genus_Pistia  1 species: water lettuce
              member:  #pistia__water_lettuce__waterlettuce__water_cabbage__watercabbage__Pistia_stratiotes__Pistia_stratoites  pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
           member:  #genus_Scindapsus__Scindapsus__genus_Pothos  evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil
              member:  #pothos  any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus
           member:  #genus_Spathiphyllum  evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia
              member:  #spathiphyllum__peace_lily__peacelily__spathe_flower  any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spite of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental
           member:  #genus_Symplocarpus__Symplocarpus  one species: skunk cabbage
              member:  #skunk_cabbage__skunkcabbage__polecat_weed__polecatweed__foetidpotho__symplocarpusfoetidu  deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
           member:  #genus_Syngonium__Syngonium  epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage
           member:  #genus_Xanthosoma__Xanthosoma  tropical American tuberous perennials
              member:  #yautia__tannia__spoonflower__malanga__Xanthosoma_sagittifolium__Xanthosoma_atrovirens  tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes
           member:  #genus_Zantedeschia__Zantedeschia  calla lily
              member:  #calla_lily__callalily__calla__arum_lily__Zantedeschia_aethiopica  South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
        member:  #family_Lemnaceae__Lemnaceae__duckweed_family  family of small free-floating thalloid plants
           member:  #duckweed  any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
           member:  #genus_Lemna__Lemna  minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root
              member:  #common_duckweed__lesser_duckweed__Lemna_minor  of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia
              member:  #star-duckweed__Lemna_trisulca  cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America
           member:  #genus_Spirodela__Spirodela  minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
              member:  #great_duckweed__greatduckweed__water_flaxseed__waterflaxseed__Spirodela_polyrrhiza  cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
           member:  #genus_Wolffia__Wolffia  minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
              member:  #watermeal  any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the world
           member:  #genus_Wolffiella__Wolffiella  minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa
              member:  #mud_midget__mudmidget__bogmat__Wolffiella_gladiata  having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America
     member:  #order_Pandanales__Pandanales  families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae
        member:  #family_Pandanaceae__Pandanaceae__screw-pine_family  family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
           member:  #genus_Pandanus  type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines)
              member:  #screw_pine__screwpine__pandanus  any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
        member:  #family_Typhaceae__Typhaceae__cattail_family__cattailfamily  perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves
           member:  #genus_Typha__Typha  reed maces; cattails
              member:  #cattail  tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
        member:  #family_Sparganiaceae__Sparganiaceae__bur-reed_family  coextensive with the genus Sparganium
           member:  #genus_Sparganium__Sparganium  type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions
              member:  #bur_reed__burreed  marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit
     member:  #order_Palmales__Palmales  coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
        member:  #family_Palmae__Palmae__Palmaceae__family_Palmaceae__Arecaceae__family_Arecaceae__palm_family  chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
           member:  #palm_tree__palm  any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
           member:  #genus_Acrocomia__Acrocomia  Central and South American feather palms
              member:  #coyol_palm__coyolpalm__coyol__Acrocomia_vinifera  tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber
           member:  #genus_Areca  a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees
              member:  #areca  any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
           member:  #genus_Arenga__Arenga  a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees
              member:  #sugar_palm__sugarpalm__gomuti__gomuti_palm__Arenga_pinnata  Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
           member:  #genus_Attalea__Attalea  unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
              member:  #piassava_palm__pissaba_palm__pissabapalm__Bahia_piassava__bahia_coquilla__bahiacoquilla__Attalea_funifera  Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
           member:  #genus_Borassus__Borassus  palmyra
              member:  #palmyra_palm__palmyrapalm__palmyra__toddy_palm__toddypalm__wine_palm__lontar__longar_palm__Borassus_flabellifer  tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
           member:  #genus_Calamus  distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
              member:  #calamus.palm_tree__calamu  any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
           member:  #genus_Caryota__Caryota  fishtail palms
              member:  #fishtail_palm  attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
           member:  #Ceroxylon__genus_ceroxylon__genusceroxylon  wax palms
              member:  #wax_palm__waxpalm__ceroxylonandicola__Ceroxylon_alpinum  palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
           member:  #genus_Cocos__Cocos  coconut palms
              member:  #coconut_palm__coconutpalm__coco_palm__coco__cocoa_palm__cocoapalm__coconut_tree__coconuttree__cocosnucifera  tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
           member:  #genus_Copernicia__Copernicia  slow-growing tropical fan palms
              member:  #carnauba_palm__carnauba__wax_palm__waxpalm__coperniciaprunifera__Copernicia_cerifera  Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
              member:  #caranday__caranda__caranda_palm__carandapalm__wax_palm__waxpalm__coperniciaaustrali__Copernicia_alba  South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
           member:  #genus_Corozo  a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees
              member:  #corozo_palm__corozo  any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts
           member:  #genus_Corypha__Corypha  large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
              member:  #gebang_palm__Corypha_utan__Corypha_gebanga  large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers
              member:  #talipot_palm__talipotpalm__talipot__Corypha_umbraculifera  tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
           member:  #genus_Elaeis__Elaeis  oil palms
              member:  #oil_palm__oilpalm  pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
           member:  #genus_Euterpe__Euterpe  a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
              member:  #Euterpe_oleracea__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm  Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
           member:  #genus_Livistona__Livistona  fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia
              member:  #cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cabbagepalm__livistonaaustrali  Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
           member:  #genus_Metroxylon__Metroxylon  a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
           member:  #genus_Nipa__Nipa__Nypa__genus_Nypa  monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
              member:  #nipa_palm__Nipa_fruticans  any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
           member:  #genus_Orbignya__Orbignya  palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm
              member:  #babassu_palm__babassupalm__babassu__coco_de_macao__Orbignya_phalerata__Orbignya_spesiosa__Orbignya_martiana  tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
              member:  #cohune_palm__Orbignya_cohune__cohune  tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
           member:  #genus_Phoenicophorium__Phoenicophorium  latanier palm
              member:  #latanier_palm__latanier  fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
           member:  #genus_Phoenix__Phoenix  a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
           member:  #genus_Phytelephas__Phytelephas  small genus of South American feather palms
              member:  #ivory_palm__ivorypalm__ivory-nut_palm__ivorynutpalm__ivory_plant__ivoryplant__Phytelephas_macrocarpa  a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
           member:  #genus_Raffia__Raffia__Raphia__genus_Raphia  feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
              member:  #raffia_palm__Raffia_farinifera__Raffia_ruffia  a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
           member:  #genus_Rhapis__Rhapis  genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
              member:  #lady_palm  any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
           member:  #genus_Roystonea__Roystonea  a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
              member:  #royal_palm__royalpalm__Roystonea_regia  tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
              member:  #cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__roystoneaoleracea  West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
           member:  #genus_Sabal__Sabal  American dwarf fan palms
              member:  #cabbage_palmetto__cabbagepalmetto__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__sabalpalmetto  low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
           member:  #genus_Serenoa__Serenoa  one species: saw palmetto
              member:  #saw_palmetto__sawpalmetto__scrub_palmetto__scrubpalmetto__Serenoa_repens  small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
           member:  #genus_Thrinax__Thrinax  small to medium-sized fan palms
              member:  #thatch_palm__thatch_tree__silver_thatch__broom_palm__broompalm__thrinaxparviflora  small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
              member:  #key_palm__keypalm__silvertoppalmetto__silver_thatch__Thrinax_microcarpa__Thrinax_morrisii__Thrinax_keyensis  small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
  member:  #subclass_Commelinidae__Commelinidae  one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae
     member:  #order_Graminales__Graminales  grasses; sedges; rushes
        member:  #family_Gramineae__Gramineae__Graminaceae__family_Graminaceae__Poaceae__family_Poaceae__grass_family__grassfamily  the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
           member:  #gramineous_plant__graminaceous_plant  cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and narrow long-bladed leaves
           member:  #millet  any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
           member:  #genus_Aegilops__Aegilops  goat grass
              member:  #goat_grass__Aegilops_triuncalis  European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
           member:  #genus_Agropyron__Agropyron  perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass
              member:  #wheatgrass  a grass of the genus Agropyron
           member:  #genus_Agrostis__Agrostis  annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
              member:  #bent_grass__bent__bentgrass__bentgras  grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
           member:  #genus_Alopecurus__Alopecurus  annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds
              member:  #meadow_foxtail__Alopecurus_pratensis  stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
           member:  #genus_Andropogon__Andropogon  tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions
              member:  #broom_grass__broomgras  any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
           member:  #genus_Arrhenatherum__Arrhenatherum  oat grass
              member:  #tall_oat_grass__tall_meadow_grass__evergreen_grass__evergreengras__false_oat__falseoat__French_rye__Arrhenatherum_elatius  coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
           member:  #genus_Arundo__Arundo  any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds
              member:  #giant_reed__giantreed__Arundo_donax  large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large gray-white feathery panicles
           member:  #genus_Avena__Avena  oats
              member:  #oat  annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
           member:  #genus_Bromus__Bromus  a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae
              member:  #brome__bromegrass  any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
           member:  #genus_Bouteloua__Bouteloua  forage grasses
              member:  #grama_grass__gramagras__grama__gramma__gramma_grass  pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
           member:  #genus_Buchloe__Buchloe  buffalo grass
              member:  #buffalo_grass__buffalogras__Buchloe_dactyloides  short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
           member:  #genus_Cenchrus__Cenchrus  a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
              member:  #burgrass__bur_grass__burgras  a grass of the genus Cenchrus
              member:  #field_sandbur__fieldsandbur__sandbur__Cenchrus_tribuloides  grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
           member:  #genus_Chloris__Chloris  tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass
           member:  #genus_Cortaderia__Cortaderia  tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
              member:  #pampas_grass__Cortaderia_selloana  tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
           member:  #genus_Cynodon__Cynodon  creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa
              member:  #Bermuda_grass__devil_grass__Bahama_grass__kweek__scutch_grass__star_grass__Cynodon_dactylon  trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
              member:  #giant_star_grass__Cynodon_plectostachyum  perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay
           member:  #genus_Dactylis__Dactylis  a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)
           member:  #genus_Dactyloctenium__Dactyloctenium  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
           member:  #genus_Digitaria__Digitaria  crab grass; finger grass
              member:  #crabgrass__crabgras__crabgras__fingergras  grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
           member:  #genus_Echinochloa__Echinochloa  annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions
              member:  #barnyard_grass__barn_grass__barn_millet__Echinochloa_crusgalli  a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
              member:  #Japanese_millet__billion-dollar_grass__Japanese_barnyard_millet__sanwa_millet__sanwamillet__Echinochloa_frumentacea  coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
           member:  #genus_Eleusine__Eleusine  annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands
              member:  #yardgrass__yardgras__yardgras__wiregras__goosegras__Eleusine_indica  coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
              member:  #finger_millet__ragi__ragee__African_millet__coracan__corakan__kurakkan__Eleusine_coracana  East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
           member:  #genus_Elymus__Elymus  tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)
              member:  #lyme_grass  a grass of the genus Elymus
              member:  #wild_rye  any of several grasses of the genus Elymus
           member:  #genus_Eragrostis__Eragrostis  annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
              member:  #love_grass__bay_grass__baygras  any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; useful especially for forage and prevention of erosion
           member:  #genus_Erianthus__Erianthus  genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs
              member:  #plume_grass__plumegras  a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes
              member:  #Ravenna_grass__wool_grass__Erianthus_ravennae  grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass
           member:  #genus_Festuca__Festuca  a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
              member:  #meadow_fescue__fescue__fescue_grass__Festuca_elatior  grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
              member:  #sheep_fescue__sheepfescue__sheep's_fescue__sheep'sfescue__Festuca_ovina  cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
              member:  #silver_grass  of Australia and New Zealand
           member:  #genus_Glyceria__Glyceria  manna grass
              member:  #manna_grass__mannagras__sweet_grass__sweetgras  any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor
           member:  #genus_Holcus__Holcus  a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America
           member:  #genus_Hordeum__Hordeum  annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
              member:  #barley  cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
           member:  #genus_Leymus__Leymus  genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus
           member:  #genus_Lolium__Lolium  darnel; ryegrass
              member:  #rye_grass__ryegras__ryegrass  any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
           member:  #genus_Muhlenbergia__Muhlenbergia  a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia
              member:  #nimblewill__nimble_Will__Muhlenbergia_schreberi  slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States
           member:  #genus_Oryza__Oryza  rice
              member:  #rice.cereal_grass  annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
           member:  #genus_Oryzopsis__Oryzopsis  rice grass
              member:  #ricegrass__ricegras__ricegras  any grass of the genus Oryzopsis
           member:  #genus_Panicum__Panicum  panic grass
              member:  #panic_grass__panicgras  any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
           member:  #genus_Paspalum  a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions
              member:  #dallisgrass__dallisgras__dallisgras__Paspalum_dilatatum  tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
              member:  #Bahia_grass__Paspalum_notatum  perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of Gulf states
              member:  #knotgrass__knotgras__paspalumdistichum  low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
           member:  #genus_Pennisetum__Pennisetum  a genus of Old World grasses
              member:  #pearl_millet__pearlmillet__bulrush_millet__bulrushmillet__cattail_millet__cattailmillet__Pennisetum_glaucum__Pennisetum_Americanum  tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
              member:  #fountain_grass__Pennisetum_ruppelii__Pennisetum_setaceum  tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia
              member:  #feathertop_grass__feathertop__Pennistum_villosum  northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
           member:  #genus_Phalaris__Phalaris  a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers
              member:  #reed_canary_grass__gardener's_garters__lady's_laces__ribbon_grass__Phalaris_arundinacea  perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
              member:  #canary_grass__birdseed_grass__Phalaris_canariensis  Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds
              member:  #hardinggrass__Harding_grass__toowomba_canary_grass__Phalaris_aquatica__Phalaris_tuberosa  perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
           member:  #genus_Phleum__Phleum  grasses native to temperate regions
              member:  #herd's_grass__timothy__Phleum_pratense  grass with long cylindrical spikes frown in northern United States and Europe for hay
           member:  #genus_Phragmites__Phragmites  reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
              member:  #ditch_reed__ditchreed__common_reed__carrizo__Phragmites_communis  tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
           member:  #genus_Poa__Poa  chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
              member:  #blue_grass__bluegrass__bluegras  any of various grasses of the genus Poa
              member:  #Kentucky_bluegrass__Kentucky_blue__Kentucy_blue_grass__June_grass__Poa_pratensis  valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
              member:  #wood_meadowgrass__Poa_nemoralis__Agrostis_alba  slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia
           member:  #meadowgrass__meadow_grass  any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
           member:  #genus_Saccharum__Saccharum  tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane
              member:  #Saccharum_officinarum__sugarcane__sugar_cane__sugarcane  tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
              member:  #munj__munja__Saccharum_bengalense__Saccharum_munja  tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
           member:  #genus_Schizachyrium__Schizachyrium  overlaps the genus Andropogon
           member:  #genus_Secale__Secale  cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
              member:  #Secale_cereale__rye  hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
           member:  #genus_Setaria__Setaria  annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses
              member:  #bristlegrass__bristle_grass__bristlegras  grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
              member:  #foxtail_millet__foxtailmillet__Italian_millet__Hungarian_grass__Setaria_italica  coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States
           member:  #genus_Sorghum  annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum
              member:  #sorghum  economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
           member:  #genus_Spartina__Spartina  grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
              member:  #cordgrass__cordgras__cordgras  any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
           member:  #genus_Sporobolus__Sporobolus  cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rushgrass)
              member:  #dropseed  a grass of the genus Sporobolus
              member:  #smut_grass__blackseed__carpet_grass__Sporobolus_poiretii  grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus
              member:  #rushgrass__rushgras  grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
           member:  #genus_Stenotaphrum__Stenotaphrum  lawn grasses
              member:  #St._Augustine_grass__Stenotaphrum_secundatum__buffalo_grass__buffalogras  low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
           member:  #genus_Triticum__Triticum  annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions
              member:  #wheat__corn  annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
           member:  #genus_Zea__Zea  corn
              member:  #Indian_corn__corn__maize__Zea_mays  tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
           member:  #genus_Zizania__Zizania  wild rice
              member:  #wild_rice__Zizania_aquatica  perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
           member:  #genus_Zoysia__Zoisia__genus_Zoisia  lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions
              member:  #zoysia  any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
           member:  #tribe_Bambuseae__Bambuseae  bamboos
              member:  #bamboo  woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
              member:  #genus_Bambusa__Bambusa  tall tender clumping bamboos
                 member:  #common_bamboo__Bambusa_vulgaris  extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain
              member:  #genus_Arundinaria__Arundinaria  North American bamboo
                 member:  #giant_cane__giantcane__cane_reed__Arundinaria_gigantea  tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
                 member:  #small_cane__smallcane__switch_cane__Arundinaria_tecta  small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States
              member:  #genus_Dendrocalamus__Dendrocalamus  giant clump-forming bamboos
                 member:  #giant_bamboo__giantbamboo__kyo-chiku__kyochiku__Dendrocalamus_giganteus  immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
              member:  #genus_Phyllostachys__Phyllostachys  medium and large bamboos
                 member:  #fishpole_bamboo__gosan-chiku__gosanchiku__hotei-chiku__hoteichiku__Phyllostachys_aurea  small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young
                 member:  #black_bamboo__blackbamboo__kuri-chiku__Phyllostachys_nigra  small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
                 member:  #giant_timber_bamboo__madake__ku-chiku__Phyllostachys_bambusoides  large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere
        member:  #family_Cyperaceae__Cyperaceae__sedge_family__sedgefamily  bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
           member:  #sedge  grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
           member:  #genus_Carex__Carex  large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges
              member:  #sand_sedge__sand_reed__Carex_arenaria  European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
              member:  #cypress_sedge__cypresssedge__Carex_pseudocyperus  tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
           member:  #genus_Eriophorum__Eriophorum  cotton grass
              member:  #cotton_grass__cotton_rush  any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
           member:  #genus_Scirpus__Scirpus  rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
              member:  #hardstem_bulrush__hardstemmed_bulrush__hardstemmedbulrush__Scirpus_acutus  widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
              member:  #wool_grass__Scirpus_cyperinus  sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
           member:  #genus_Eleocharis__Eleocharis  sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
              member:  #spike_rush__spikerush  a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
     member:  #order_Musales__Musales  tropical plants
        member:  #family_Cannaceae__Cannaceae  coextensive with the genus Canna
           member:  #genus_Canna  type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lilylike herbs of New World tropics
              member:  #canna  any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
        member:  #family_Marantaceae__Marantaceae__arrowroot_family__arrowrootfamily  tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
           member:  #genus_Maranta  herbs of tropical America
              member:  #maranta  any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
        member:  #family_Musaceae__Musaceae__banana_family  treelike tropical Asian herbs
           member:  #genus_Musa__Musa  type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
              member:  #banana_tree__banana  any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
           member:  #genus_Ensete__Ensete  Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
              member:  #Abyssinian_banana__Ethiopian_banana__Ensete_ventricosum__Musa_ensete  large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
        member:  #family_Strelitziaceae__Strelitziaceae__strelitzia_family  woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
           member:  #genus_Strelitzia__Strelitzia  small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
              member:  #Strelitzia_reginae__bird_of_paradise  ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
           member:  #genus_Ravenala  woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
              member:  #traveler's_tree__traveller's_tree__traveller'stree__ravenala__Ravenala_madagascariensis  giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers
        member:  #family_Zingiberaceae__Zingiberaceae__ginger_family  a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
           member:  #genus_Zingiber__Zingiber  tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
              member:  #ginger  perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
           member:  #genus_Curcuma__Curcuma  tropical Asiatic perennial herbs
              member:  #Curcuma_longa__turmeric__Curcuma_domestica  widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
           member:  #genus_Alpinia__Alpinia__genus_Zerumbet__genus_Languas  perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
              member:  #galangal__Alpinia_galanga  southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots
              member:  #lesser_galangal__Alpinia_officinarum__Alpinia_officinalis  Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of rose-veined white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
              member:  #red_ginger__redginger__Alpinia_purpurata  an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands
              member:  #shell_ginger__shellginger__shellflower__Alpinia_Zerumbet__Alpinia_speciosa__Languas_speciosa  cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes
           member:  #genus_Aframomum__Aframomum  an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
              member:  #grains_of_paradise__Guinea_grains__Guinea_pepper__melagueta_pepper__melaguetapepper__Aframomum_melegueta  West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
           member:  #genus_Elettaria__Elettaria  cardamom
              member:  #cardamom__cardamon__Elettaria_cardamomum  rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning
     member:  #order_Xyridales__Xyridales__Commelinales__order_Commelinales  an order of monocotyledonous herbs
        member:  #family_Xyridaceae__Xyridaceae__yellow-eyed_grass_family  plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places
           member:  #genus_Xyris__Xyris  chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
              member:  #yellow-eyed_grass  any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States
        member:  #family_Commelinaceae__Commelinaceae__spiderwort_family  large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
           member:  #genus_Commelina  type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears
              member:  #commelina  any plant of the genus Commelina
           member:  #spiderwort__dayflower  any plant of the family Commelinaceae
           member:  #genus_Tradescantia__Tradescantia  spiderworts
        member:  #family_Bromeliaceae__Bromeliaceae__pineapple_family__pineapplefamily  a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
           member:  #genus_Ananas__Ananas  a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
              member:  #pineapple_plant__pineappleplant__pineapple__Ananas_comosus  a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
           member:  #Bromelia  the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx
           member:  #genus_Tillandsia__Tillandsia  large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
              member:  #Spanish_moss__old_man's_beard__black_moss__long_moss__Tillandsia_usneoides  dense festoons of greenish-gray hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
        member:  #family_Mayacaceae__Mayacaceae  a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
           member:  #genus_Mayaca__Mayaca  small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers
        member:  #family_Rapateaceae__Rapateaceae  South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
        member:  #family_Eriocaulaceae__Eriocaulaceae__pipewort_family  chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
           member:  #genus_Eriocaulon__Eriocaulon  type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs
              member:  #pipewort__Eriocaulon_aquaticum  aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers
        member:  #family_Pontederiaceae__Pontederiaceae__pickerelweed_family  aquatic or bog plants
           member:  #genus_Pontederia__Pontederia  pickerelweed
              member:  #pickerelweed__pickerel_weed__wampee__Pontederia_cordata  American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
           member:  #genus_Eichhornia__Eichhornia  water hyacinth; water orchid
              member:  #water_hyacinth__waterhyacinth__water_orchid__waterorchid__Eichhornia_crassipes__Eichhornia_spesiosa  a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
           member:  #genus_Heteranthera__Heteranthera  mud plantains
              member:  #water_star_grass__mud_plantain__mudplantain__Heteranthera_dubia  grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
  member:  #subclass_Liliidae__Liliidae  one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
     member:  #liliid_monocot_family  family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
     member:  #liliid_monocot_genus  genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
     member:  #order_Orchidales__Orchidales  order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
        member:  #family_Orchidaceae__Orchidaceae__orchid_family  enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
           member:  #orchid__orchidaceous_plant  any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
           member:  #genus_Orchis  type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere
              member:  #orchis  any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
           member:  #genus_Aerides  epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff 2-ranked leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes
              member:  #aerides__aeride  any orchid of the genus Aerides
           member:  #genus_Angrecum__Angraecum__genus_Angraecum  genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
              member:  #angrecum  any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
           member:  #genus_Anoectochilus__Anoectochilus  genus of delicate Asiatic orchids
              member:  #jewel_orchid__jewelorchid  any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining
           member:  #genus_Aplectrum__Aplectrum  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
              member:  #puttyroot__adam-and-eve__Aplectrum_hyemale  North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
           member:  #genus_Arethusa  genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan
              member:  #arethusa  any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
              member:  #bog_rose__bogrose__wild_pink__dragon's_mouth__Arethusa_bulbosa  a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide-gaping corolla; Canada
           member:  #genus_Bletia  genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers
              member:  #bletia  any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers
           member:  #genus_Bletilla__Bletilla  small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia
              member:  #Bletilla_striata__Bletia_striata  Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
           member:  #genus_Brassavola  genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids
              member:  #brassavola  any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7
           member:  #genus_Brassia__Brassia  genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids
              member:  #Brassia_lawrenceana__spider_orchid  South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers
              member:  #Brassia_verrucosa__spider_orchid  Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts
           member:  #genus_Caladenia  terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia
              member:  #caladenia  any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
              member:  #zebra_orchid__zebraorchid__Caladenia_cairnsiana  orchid with red-tinged linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia
           member:  #genus_Calanthe  large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids
              member:  #calanthe  any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
           member:  #genus_Calopogon__Calopogon  terrestrial orchids of North America
              member:  #grass_pink__grasspink__calopogonpulchellum__Calopogon_tuberosum  an orchid
           member:  #genus_Calypso  1 species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia
           member:  #genus_Catasetum__Catasetum  genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
              member:  #jumping_orchid__jumpingorchid__Catasetum_macrocarpum  orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
           member:  #genus_Cattleya  large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties
              member:  #cattleya  any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
           member:  #genus_Cephalanthera__Cephalanthera  small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids
              member:  #helleborine  any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
              member:  #red_helleborine__redhelleborine__Cephalanthera_rubra  orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
           member:  #genus_Cleistes__Cleistes  terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia
              member:  #spreading_pogonia__spreadingpogonia__funnel-crest_rosebud_orchid__Cleistes_divaricata__Pogonia_divaricata  orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
              member:  #rosebud_orchid__rosebudorchid__Cleistes_rosea__Pogonia_rosea  orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
           member:  #genus_Coeloglossum__Coeloglossum  terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid
              member:  #satyr_orchid__satyrorchid__Coeloglossum_bracteatum  orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers
              member:  #Coeloglossum_viride__frog_orchid  orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple
           member:  #genus_Coelogyne  large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids
              member:  #coelogyne  any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; sinister salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; emerald green flowers marked with blue-black
           member:  #genus_Corallorhiza__Corallorhiza  genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions
              member:  #coral_root__coralroot  a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
           member:  #genus_Coryanthes__Coryanthes  small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
              member:  #helmetflower__helmet_orchid  any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
           member:  #genus_Cycnoches__Cycnoches  genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids
              member:  #swan_orchid__swanflower__swanneck  any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
           member:  #genus_Cymbidium  genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids; one of the most popular orchid genera
              member:  #cymbid__cymbidium  any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
           member:  #genus_Cypripedium__Cypripedium  genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum
              member:  #lady's_slipper__lady-slipper__ladies'_slipper__ladies'slipper__slipper_orchid__slipperorchid  any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
              member:  #cypripedia  a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
           member:  #genus_Dactylorhiza__Dactylorhiza  genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa
              member:  #marsh_orchid__marshorchid  any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region
              member:  #common_spotted_orchid__Dactylorhiza_fuchsii__Dactylorhiza_maculata_fuchsii  European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
           member:  #genus_Dendrobium  large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia
              member:  #dendrobium  a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers
           member:  #genus_Disa  genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids
              member:  #disa  any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions
           member:  #genus_Dracula__Dracula  comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
           member:  #genus_Dryadella__Dryadella  comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
           member:  #genus_Eburophyton__Eburophyton  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
              member:  #phantom_orchid__phantomorchid__snow_orchid__Eburophyton_austinae  waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho
           member:  #genus_Encyclia__Encyclia  large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
              member:  #tulip_orchid__tuliporchid__Encyclia_citrina__Cattleya_citrina  Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous gray-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya
              member:  #Encyclia_tampensis__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid__epidendrumtampense  orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
              member:  #butterfly_orchis__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid__epidendrumvenosum__Encyclia_venosa  Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
           member:  #genus_Epidendrum__Epidendrum  large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States
              member:  #epidendron  any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum
           member:  #genus_Epipactis__Epipactis  genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
              member:  #helleborine.orchid  any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
              member:  #Epipactis_helleborine  European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers
              member:  #stream_orchid__chatterbox__giant_helleborine__gianthelleborine__Epipactis_gigantea  orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
           member:  #genus_Glossodia__Glossodia  small genus of Australian orchids
              member:  #tongueflower  orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue- or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
           member:  #genus_Goodyera__Goodyera  genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
              member:  #rattlesnake_plantain__rattlesnakeplantain__helleborine  any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
           member:  #genus_Grammatophyllum__Grammatophyllum  small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long
           member:  #genus_Gymnadenia__Gymnadenia  small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia
              member:  #fragrant_orchid__Gymnadenia_conopsea  European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs
              member:  #short-spurred_fragrant_orchid__Gymnadenia_odoratissima  similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs
           member:  #genus_Gymnadeniopsis__Gymnadeniopsis  genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria
           member:  #genus_Habenaria__Habenaria  chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis
              member:  #fringed_orchis__fringed_orchid__fringedorchid  any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip
              member:  #frog_orchid  any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria
              member:  #rein_orchid__rein_orchis  any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip
           member:  #genus_Hexalectris__Hexalectris  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
              member:  #crested_coral_root__crestedcoralroot__Hexalectris_spicata  orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
              member:  #Texas_purple_spike__Hexalectris_warnockii  orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
           member:  #genus_Himantoglossum__Himantoglossum  small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region
              member:  #lizard_orchid__Himantoglossum_hircinum  an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
           member:  #genus_Laelia  large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes
              member:  #laelia  any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors
           member:  #genus_Liparis  genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate
              member:  #liparis__lipari  an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes
              member:  #twayblade  an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
              member:  #fen_orchid__fenorchid__fen_orchis__Liparis_loeselii  small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers
           member:  #genus_Listera__Listera__listera  genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe
              member:  #broad-leaved_twayblade__Listera_convallarioides  small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
              member:  #lesser_twayblade__Listera_cordata  orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland
              member:  #Listera_ovata__twayblade  orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
           member:  #genus_Malaxis__Malaxis  large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan
              member:  #green_adder's_mouth__greenadder'smouth__Malaxis-unifolia__Malaxis_ophioglossoides  North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
           member:  #genus_Masdevallia  large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella and Scaphosepalum
              member:  #masdevallia  any of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia; tufted evergreen often diminutive plants whose flowers in a remarkable range of colors usually resemble a tricorn with sepals fused at the base to form a tube
           member:  #genus_Maxillaria  large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
              member:  #maxillaria  any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers
           member:  #genus_Miltonia__Miltonia  genus of tropical American orchids
              member:  #pansy_orchid__pansyorchid  any of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowers
           member:  #genus_Odontoglossum  large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera
              member:  #odontoglossum  any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
           member:  #genus_Oncidium  large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America
              member:  #oncidium__dancing_lady_orchid__butterfly_plant__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid  any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
           member:  #genus_Ophrys__Ophrys  a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
              member:  #spider_orchid  any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys
           member:  #genus_Paphiopedilum__Paphiopedilum  horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium
              member:  #Venus'_slipper__Venus's_slipper__Venus's_shoe  any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
           member:  #genus_Phaius  genus of Asiatic ans Australian terrestrial orchids
              member:  #phaius  an orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers
           member:  #genus_Phalaenopsis__Phalaenopsis  genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
              member:  #moth_orchid__moth_plant  any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled gray and silver
              member:  #butterfly_plant__Phalaenopsis_amabilis  orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
           member:  #genus_Pholidota__Pholidota  genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific
              member:  #rattlesnake_orchid__rattlesnakeorchid  any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail
           member:  #genus_Phragmipedium__Phragmipedium  genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers
           member:  #genus_Platanthera__Platanthera  herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres
              member:  #lesser_butterfly_orchid__Platanthera_bifolia__Habenaria_bifolia  south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
              member:  #greater_butterfly_orchid__greaterbutterflyorchid__Platanthera_chlorantha__Habenaria_chlorantha  south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
           member:  #genus_Plectorrhiza__Plectorrhiza  small genus of Australian orchids
              member:  #tangle_orchid  an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers
           member:  #genus_Pleione__Pleione  small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan
              member:  #Indian_crocus  any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing 1 or 2 solitary slender-stalked white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers
           member:  #genus_Pleurothallis  large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America
              member:  #pleurothallis__pleurothalli  any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers
           member:  #genus_Pogonia  small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone
              member:  #pogonia  any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower
           member:  #genus_Psychopsis__Psychopsis  epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
              member:  #butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid  any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
           member:  #genus_Pterostylis__Pterostylis  genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
              member:  #helmet_orchid__greenhood  any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
           member:  #genus_Rhyncostylis__Rhyncostylis  genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia
              member:  #foxtail_orchid__foxtailorchid  any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme
           member:  #genus_Sarcochilus__Sarcochilus  diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia
              member:  #orange-blossom_orchid__Sarcochilus_falcatus  diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip
           member:  #genus_Scaphosepalum__Scaphosepalum  comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape
           member:  #genus_Schomburgkia__Schomburgkia  genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers
           member:  #genus_Selenipedium__Selenipedium  genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla
           member:  #genus_Sobralia  genus of tropical American orchids
              member:  #sobralia  any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya
           member:  #genus_Spiranthes__Spiranthes  large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids
              member:  #ladies'_tresses__ladies'tresse__lady's_tresses  an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
              member:  #screw_augur__screwaugur__Spiranthes_cernua  an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America
              member:  #hooded_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_romanzoffiana  orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America
              member:  #western_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_porrifolia  similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana;States
              member:  #European_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_spiralis  European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers
           member:  #genus_Stanhopea  genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids
              member:  #stanhopea  any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil
           member:  #genus_Stelis  genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America
              member:  #stelis  any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers
           member:  #genus_Trichoceros__Trichoceros  small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America
              member:  #fly_orchid__flyorchid  any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insectlike hairy flowers on slender stalks
           member:  #genus_Vanda  genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia
              member:  #vanda  any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes
              member:  #blue_orchid__Vanda_coerulea  famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
           member:  #genus_Vanilla  large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds
              member:  #vanilla.orchid  any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
              member:  #vanilla_orchid__vanillaorchid__Vanilla_planifolia  climbing non-ornamental orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America
        member:  #family_Burmanniaceae__Burmanniaceae  family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
           member:  #genus_Burmannia__Burmannia  type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth
     member:  #order_Liliales__Liliales  an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
        member:  #family_Juncaceae__Juncaceae__rush_family  tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
           member:  #rush  grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
           member:  #genus_Juncus__Juncus  type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
              member:  #bulrush__bullrush__common_rush__soft_rush__Juncus_effusus  tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
        member:  #family_Dioscoreaceae__Dioscoreaceae__yam_family__yamfamily  yams
           member:  #genus_Dioscorea__Dioscorea  yams
              member:  #yam_plant__yamplant__yam  any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
              member:  #tortoise_plant__elephant's-foot__Hottentot_bread_vine__Hottentot's_bread_vine__Dioscorea_elephantipes  South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
              member:  #wild_yam__Dioscorea_paniculata  having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
           member:  #genus_Tamus__Tamus  a genus of tuberous-rooted vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes
              member:  #black_bryony__blackbryony__black_bindweed__blackbindweed__Tamus_communis  common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
        member:  #family_Haemodoraceae__Haemodoraceae__bloodwort_family__bloodwortfamily  some genera placed in family Liliaceae
           member:  #bloodwort  any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter
           member:  #genus_Haemodorum__Haemodorum  type genus of family Haemodoraceae
           member:  #genus_Anigozanthus__Anigozanthus  genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and cat's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
              member:  #kangaroo_paw__kangaroo's-foot__kangaroo-foot_plant__Australian_sword_lily__Anigozanthus_manglesii  sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
        member:  #family_Iridaceae__Iridaceae__iris_family  large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
           member:  #iridaceous_plant  any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
           member:  #genus_Belamcanda__Belamcanda  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
              member:  #blackberry-lily__leopard_lily__leopardlily__Belamcanda_chinensis  garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
           member:  #genus_Crocus  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
              member:  #crocus  any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
           member:  #genus_Freesia  cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa
              member:  #freesia  any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
           member:  #genus_Gladiolus  gladiolas
              member:  #gladiolus__gladiolu__gladiola__sword_lily__swordlily  any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
           member:  #genus_Ixia__Ixia  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
              member:  #corn_lily  any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated
           member:  #genus_Sisyrinchium__Sisyrinchium  chiefly North American grasslike herbs
              member:  #blue-eyed_grass  plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
           member:  #genus_Sparaxis__Sparaxis  deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa
              member:  #wandflower__Sparaxis_tricolor  a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers
        member:  #family_Amaryllidaceae__Amaryllidaceae__amaryllis_family__amaryllisfamily  snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
           member:  #amaryllis__amarylli  bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
           member:  #genus_Amaryllis  type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa
              member:  #belladonna_lily__naked_lady__nakedlady__Amaryllis_belladonna  amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers
           member:  #genus_Bomarea__Bomarea  large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae
              member:  #salsilla__Bomarea_edulis  tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America
              member:  #Bomarea_salsilla__salsilla  tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia
           member:  #genus_Haemanthus__Haemanthus  genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies
              member:  #blood_lily__bloodlily  any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
              member:  #Cape_tulip__Haemanthus_coccineus  spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
           member:  #genus_Hippeastrum  bulbous flowering plants of tropical America
              member:  #hippeastrum__Hippeastrum_puniceum  amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers
           member:  #genus_Narcissus  Old World perennial bulbous herbs
              member:  #narcissus__narcissu  bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
           member:  #genus_Strekelia__Strekelia  a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family
              member:  #Jacobean_lily__Aztec_lily__Strekelia_formosissima  Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower
        member:  #family_Hypoxidaceae__Hypoxidaceae  in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
           member:  #genus_Hypoxis__Hypoxis  small plants that resemble Amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass
              member:  #star_grass  any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America
        member:  #family_Liliaceae__Liliaceae__lily_family  includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
           member:  #liliaceous_plant  plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
           member:  #genus_Lilium__Lilium  type genus of Liliaceae
              member:  #lily  any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
              member:  #mountain_lily__Lilium_auratum  golden-rayed lily of Japan
           member:  #genus_Agapanthus  small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae
              member:  #agapanthus__lily_of_the_Nile  any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
              member:  #blue_African_lily__African_lily__African_tulip__Agapanthus_africanus  African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
           member:  #genus_Albuca  genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
              member:  #albuca  any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
           member:  #genus_Aletris__Aletris  small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
              member:  #colicroot__colic_root__colicroot__crow_corn__star_grass__unicorn_root__unicornroot  any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
              member:  #ague_root__ague_grass__Aletris_farinosa  colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
              member:  #yellow_colicroot__Aletris_aurea  colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
           member:  #family_Alliaceae__Alliaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
           member:  #genus_Allium__Allium  large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
              member:  #alliaceous_plant  bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
              member:  #wild_onion  any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
              member:  #Hooker's_onion__Allium_acuminatum  a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
           member:  #family_Aloeaceae__Aloeaceae__aloe_family  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
           member:  #genus_Aloe  large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae
              member:  #aloe  succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
           member:  #genus_Kniphofia  genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae
              member:  #kniphofia__tritoma__flameflower  a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
           member:  #family_Alstroemeriaceae__Alstroemeriaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae
           member:  #genus_Alstroemeria  genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae
              member:  #alstroemeria  any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
              member:  #Peruvian_lily__lily_of_the_Incas__Alstroemeria_pelegrina  an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lilylike flowers
           member:  #genus_Amianthum__Amianthum  1 species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
              member:  #fly_poison__flypoison__Amianthum_muscaetoxicum__Amianthum_muscitoxicum  all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
           member:  #genus_Anthericum__Anthericum  genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
              member:  #Saint-Bernard's-lily__Anthericum_liliago  southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
              member:  #amber_lily__amberlily__Anthericum_torreyi  plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
           member:  #family_Aphyllanthaceae__Aphyllanthaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes
           member:  #genus_Aphyllanthes__Aphyllanthes  1 species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae
           member:  #family_Asparagaceae__Asparagaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
           member:  #genus_Asparagus  large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
              member:  #edible_asparagus__asparagus__asparagu__Asparagus_officinales  plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
              member:  #asparagus_fern__asparagusfern__Asparagus_setaceous__Asparagus_plumosus  a fernlike plant native to South Africa
              member:  #smilax__Asparagus_asparagoides  fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
           member:  #family_Asphodelaceae__Asphodelaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
           member:  #asphodel  any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
           member:  #genus_Asphodeline__Asphodeline  genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
              member:  #Jacob's_rod  asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
              member:  #king's_spear__yellow_asphodel__Asphodeline_lutea  asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
           member:  #genus_Asphodelus__Asphodelus  small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
           member:  #genus_Aspidistra  genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae
              member:  #aspidistra__cast-iron_plant__bar-room_plant__Aspidistra_elatio  evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
           member:  #genus_Bessera__Bessera  small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
              member:  #coral_drops__coraldrop__Bessera_elegans  half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
           member:  #genus_Blandfordia__Blandfordia  small species of tuberous-rooted Australian perennial herbs
              member:  #Christmas_bells  any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers
           member:  #genus_Bloomeria__Bloomeria  small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
              member:  #golden_star__golden_stars__Bloomeria_crocea  California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
           member:  #genus_Bowiea__Bowiea  small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
              member:  #climbing_onion__Bowiea_volubilis  much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large above-ground bulbs
           member:  #genus_Brodiaea  genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
              member:  #brodiaea  any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
              member:  #elegant_brodiaea__elegantbrodiaea__Brodiaea_elegans  brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California
           member:  #genus_Calochortus__Calochortus  large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
              member:  #mariposa_tulip__mariposa__mariposa_lily  any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
              member:  #globe_lily__globelily__fairy_lantern__fairylantern  any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
              member:  #cat's-ear__cat'sear  any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
              member:  #white_globe_lily__whiteglobelily__white_fairy_lantern__whitefairylantern__Calochortus_albus  globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
              member:  #yellow_globe_lily__golden_fairy_lantern__Calochortus_amabilis  globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
              member:  #rose_globe_lily__Calochortus_amoenus  globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
              member:  #star_tulip__elegant_cat's_ears__Calochortus_elegans  small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
              member:  #desert_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_kennedyi  mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
              member:  #yellow_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_luteus  mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
              member:  #sagebrush_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_macrocarpus  mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
           member:  #genus_Camassia__Camassia__Quamassia__genus_Quamassia  genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs
              member:  #camas__cama__camass__quamash__camash  any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
              member:  #common_camas__Camassia_quamash  plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
              member:  #Leichtlin's_camas__Camassia_leichtlinii  west of Cascade Mountains
              member:  #indigo_squill__wild_hyacinth__Camassia_scilloides  eastern camas; eastern and central North America
           member:  #genus_Erythronium__Erythronium  perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily
              member:  #dogtooth_violet__dogtooth__dog's-tooth_violet__dog'stoothviolet  perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
              member:  #avalanche_lily__avalanchelily__Erythronium_montanum  perennial herb having large white orange-marked flowers; found near snow line in northwestern United States
           member:  #genus_Fritillaria__Fritillaria  fritillary
              member:  #checkered_lily__checkeredlily__fritillary  any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
           member:  #genus_Tulipa__Tulipa  Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
              member:  #tulip  any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
           member:  #family_Colchicaceae__Colchicaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa
           member:  #genus_Colchicum__Colchicum  chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae
              member:  #autumn_crocus__meadow_saffron__naked_lady__nakedlady__Colchicum_autumnale  bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
           member:  #genus_Gloriosa  sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily
              member:  #gloriosa__glory_lily__glorylily__climbing_lily__creeping_lily__Gloriosa_superba  any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
           member:  #family_Hemerocallidaceae__Hemerocallidaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis
           member:  #genus_Hemerocallis__Hemerocallis  east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae
              member:  #day_lily__daylily  any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lilylike flowers that bloom for only a day
              member:  #lemon_lily__lemonlily__Hemerocallis_lilio-asphodelus__Hemerocallis_flava  a day lily with yellow flowers
           member:  #family_Hostaceae__Hostaceae__Funkaceae__family_Funkaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
           member:  #genus_Hosta__Hosta__Funka__genus_Funka  robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
              member:  #plantain_lily__day_lily__daylily  any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
           member:  #family_Hyacinthaceae__Hyacinthaceae  one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
           member:  #genus_Hyacinthus  sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus
              member:  #hyacinth  any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
           member:  #genus_Hyacinthoides__Hyacinthoides  small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
              member:  #wild_hyacinth__wood_hyacinth__bluebell__harebell__Hyacinthoides_nonscripta__Scilla_nonscripta  sometimes placed in genus Scilla
           member:  #genus_Ornithogalum__Ornithogalum  sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
              member:  #star-of-Bethlehem__starofbethlehem  any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
           member:  #genus_Muscari__Muscari  sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
              member:  #grape_hyacinth__grapehyacinth  any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes
           member:  #genus_Scilla  sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
              member:  #scilla__squill  an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
           member:  #genus_Tofieldia__Tofieldia  genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
              member:  #false_asphodel__falseasphodel  a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
              member:  #Scotch_asphodel__Tofieldia_pusilla  false asphodel having spikes of white or white-green flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
           member:  #genus_Urginea__Urginea  Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
              member:  #sea_squill__seasquill__sea_onion__seaonion__squill__Urginea_maritima  having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
           member:  #genus_Ruscus__Ruscus  a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
              member:  #butcher's_broom__Ruscus_aculeatus  shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
           member:  #family_Melanthiaceae__Melanthiaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum
           member:  #genus_Narthecium__Narthecium  bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
              member:  #bog_asphodel__bogasphodel  either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
           member:  #genus_Veratrum__Veratrum  a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
              member:  #false_hellebore__falsehellebore__hellebore  perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
           member:  #family_Ruscaceae__Ruscaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
           member:  #family_Tecophilaeacea__Tecophilaeacea  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
           member:  #genus_Xerophyllum__Xerophyllum  small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
              member:  #squaw_grass__squawgras__bear_grass__Xerophyllum_tenax  plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
           member:  #family_Xanthorrhoeaceae__Xanthorrhoeaceae__grass_tree_family  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
           member:  #genus_Xanthorroea__Xanthorroea  grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae
              member:  #Australian_grass_tree__grass_tree__grasstree  any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
           member:  #genus_Zigadenus__Zigadenus  genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
              member:  #death_camas__zigadene  any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
              member:  #alkali_grass__Zigadenus_elegans  plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
              member:  #white_camas__Zigadenus_glaucus  plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
              member:  #poison_camas__Zigadenus_nuttalli  a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
              member:  #grassy_death_camas__Zigadenus_venenosus__Zigadenus_venenosus_gramineus  plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
           member:  #genus_Paris__Paris  sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae
              member:  #herb_Paris__Paris_quadrifolia  European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
           member:  #subfamily_Smilacaceae__Smilacaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
           member:  #genus_Smilax__Smilax  sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
              member:  #sarsaparilla.vine  any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
              member:  #bullbrier__greenbrier__catbrier__horsebrier__brier__briar__Smilax_rotundifolia  a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
           member:  #family_Convallariaceae__Convallariaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
           member:  #genus_Convallaria__Convallaria  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley
              member:  #lily_of_the_valley__lilies_of_the_valley__May_lily__Convallaria_majalis  low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
           member:  #genus_Clintonia  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae
              member:  #clintonia__Clinton's_lily  any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries
              member:  #red_Clintonia__Andrew's_clintonia__Clintonia_andrewsiana  plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by an umbellike cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
              member:  #yellow_clintonia__heal_all__Clintonia_borealis  common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
              member:  #queen's_cup__queen'scup__bride's_bonnet__bride'sbonnet__Clintonia_uniflora  plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
           member:  #genus_Liriope__Liriope  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf
              member:  #lilyturf__lily_turf__Liriope_muscari  Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
           member:  #genus_Maianthemum__Maianthemum  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
              member:  #Maianthemum_canadense__false_lily_of_the_valley  small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
              member:  #false_lily_of_the_valley__Maianthemum_bifolium  small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
           member:  #genus_Polygonatum__Polygonatum  sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae
              member:  #Solomon's-seal  any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal
           member:  #subfamily_Uvulariaceae__Uvulariaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
              member:  #genus_Uvularia__Uvularia  genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States
                 member:  #bellwort__merry_bells__merrybell__wild_oats  any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
                 member:  #cornflower__strawflower__Uvularia_grandiflora  plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
        member:  #family_Trilliaceae__Trilliaceae__trillium_family  small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
           member:  #genus_Trillium  deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae
              member:  #trillium__wood_lily__wake-robin  any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
        member:  #family_Taccaceae__Taccaceae  small family of tropical herbs
           member:  #genus_Tacca__Tacca  genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers
              member:  #pia__indianarrowroot__Tacca_leontopetaloides__Tacca_pinnatifida  perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
        member:  #family_Agavaceae__Agavaceae__agave_family__agavefamily__sisal_family__sisalfamily  chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
           member:  #agave__century_plant__centuryplant__American_aloe  tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
           member:  #genus_Agave  type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
              member:  #American_agave__Agave_americana  widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
              member:  #sisal__Agave_sisalana  Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
              member:  #maguey__cantala__agavecantala  Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
              member:  #Agave_atrovirens__maguey  Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal
              member:  #Agave_tequilana  Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
           member:  #genus_Cordyline__Cordyline  Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants
              member:  #ti__Cordyline_terminalis  shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
              member:  #grass_tree__grasstree__cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cordylineaustrali  elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
           member:  #subfamily_Dracenaceae__Dracenaceae__Dracaenaceae__subfamily_Dracaenaceae  one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae
           member:  #genus_Dracaena  Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
              member:  #dracaena  often cultivated for the decorative foliage
           member:  #genus_Nolina__Nolina  perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
              member:  #Nolina_microcarpa__bear_grass  stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
           member:  #genus_Polianthes__Polianthes  genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lilylike flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
              member:  #tuberose__Polianthes_tuberosa  a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lilylike waxy white flowers
           member:  #genus_Sansevieria  Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
              member:  #sansevieria__bowstring_hemp__bowstringhemp  grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
           member:  #genus_Yucca  tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
              member:  #yucca  any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
  member:  #order_Naiadales__Naiadales__Alismales__order_Alismales  an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
     member:  #family_Naiadaceae__Naiadaceae__Najadaceae__family_Najadaceae__naiad_family__naiadfamily  monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
        member:  #genus_Naias__Naias__Najas__genus_Najas  sole genus of the family Naiadaceae
           member:  #naiad.aquatic_plant__water_nymph__waternymph  submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
     member:  #family_Alismataceae__Alismataceae__water-plantain_family  perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
        member:  #genus_Alisma__Alisma  small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants
           member:  #water_plantain__waterplantain__Alisma_plantago-aquatica  marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves
        member:  #genus_Sagittaria__Sagittaria  genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
     member:  #family_Hydrocharitaceae__Hydrocharitaceae__Hydrocharidaceae__family_Hydrocharidaceae__frogbit_family__frogbitfamily__frog's-bit_family  simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
        member:  #genus_Hydrocharis__Hydrocharis  frogbit
           member:  #frogbit__frog's-bit__Hydrocharis_morsus-ranae  European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
        member:  #genus_Hydrilla  1 species
           member:  #hydrilla__Hydrilla_verticillata  submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
        member:  #genus_Limnobium__Limnobium  American frogbit
           member:  #American_frogbit__Limnodium_spongia  American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches
        member:  #genus_Elodea__Elodea__pondweed__ditchmoss__ditchmos  submerged freshwater perennials
           member:  #waterweed  a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
        member:  #genus_Egeria__Egeria  small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
        member:  #genus_Vallisneria__Vallisneria  eelgrass; eel grass
           member:  #tape_grass__eelgrass__wild_celery__Vallisneria_spiralis  submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
     member:  #family_Potamogetonaceae__Potamogetonaceae__pondweed_family  plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
        member:  #pondweed  any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
        member:  #genus_Potamogeton__Potamogeton  a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water
           member:  #curleyleaf_pondweed__curled_pondweed__Potamogeton_crispus  European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
           member:  #variously-leaved_pondweed__Potamogeton_gramineous  of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States
           member:  #loddon_pondweed__Potamogeton_nodosus__Potamogeton_americanus  pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe
        member:  #genus_Groenlandia__Groenlandia  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
           member:  #frog's_lettuce  very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe
        member:  #genus_Zostera__Zostera  (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
           member:  #eelgrass__grass_wrack__sea_wrack__seawrack__Zostera_marina  submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
     member:  #family_Scheuchzeriaceae__Scheuchzeriaceae__Juncaginaceae__family_Juncaginaceae__arrow-grass_family__arrowgrassfamily  a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
        member:  #genus_Triglochin__Triglochin  perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass
           member:  #arrow_grass__arrowgras__Triglochin_maritima  tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock
     member:  #family_Zannichelliaceae__Zannichelliaceae  alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species
        member:  #genus_Zannichellia__Zannichellia  horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae
     member:  #family_Zosteraceae__Zosteraceae__eelgrass_family  used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae

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