Arrow-grass Family (Noun)
Meaning
A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Arrow-grass family is a group of flowering plants with long, thin leaves that grow in wet conditions.
- The arrow-grass family, also known as the Juncaginaceae, is a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales.
- These aquatic plants of the arrow-grass family often form mats in mud, typically under fresh to slightly brackish conditions.
- There are a number of insect-pollinated, achlorophyllous root-parasitic flowering plants classified within the arrow-grass family.
- Characterized by trilocular or bilocular follicles containing various small and scattered endosperm-rich seeds, arrow-grass family occupies important status.