lily family

lily family

n. A large family of plants, the Liliaceae, characterized by showy flowers with six tepals consisting of three petals and three petal-like sepals, parallel-veined leaves, and usually producing bulbs or rhizomes, including ornamentals such as the tulips and the tiger lily.

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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; Xanthorrhoeaceaefamily Liliaceae, Liliaceaeliliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistilsLiliales, order Liliales - an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceaeliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Lilium, Lilium - type genus of Liliaceaegenus Agapanthus - small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceaegenus Albuca - genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily HyacinthaceaeAletris, genus Aletris - small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family MelanthiaceaeAlliaceae, family Alliaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus AlliumAllium, genus Allium - large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genusaloe family, Aloeaceae, family Aloeaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely acceptedgenus Aloe - large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceaegenus Kniphofia - genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family AloeaceaeAlstroemeriaceae, family Alstroemeriaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceaegenus Alstroemeria - genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family AmaryllidaceaeAmianthum, genus Amianthum - one species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family MelanthiaceaeAnthericum, genus Anthericum - genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family AsphodelaceaeAphyllanthaceae, family Aphyllanthaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus AphyllanthesAphyllanthes, genus Aphyllanthes - one species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family AphyllanthaceaeAsparagaceae, family Asparagaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscusgenus 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 AsparagaceaeAsphodelaceae, family Asphodelaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceaeasphodel - any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowersAsphodeline, genus 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 AsphodelaceaeAsphodelus, genus 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 Asphodelaceaegenus Aspidistra - genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family ConvallariaceaeBessera, genus Bessera - small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family AlliaceaeBlandfordia, genus Blandfordia - small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbsBloomeria, genus Bloomeria - small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family AlliaceaeBowiea, genus Bowiea - small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceaegenus Brodiaea - genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family AlliaceaeCalochortus, genus Calochortus - large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbsCamassia, genus Camassia, genus Quamassia, Quamassia - genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbsErythronium, genus Erythronium - perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lilyFritillaria, genus Fritillaria - fritillary