Iridaceae is a family of plants in Order Asparagales, taking its name from the Irises. It includes a number of other well known cultivated plants, such as the Freesia, the Gladiolus, and the Crocus.Members of this family are perennial plants, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold. Some examples of members of this family are the Blue Flag and the Yellow Flag.
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Noun 1. large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs (synonym) family Iridaceae, iris family (hypernym) liliid monocot family (hyponym) genus Iris (member-holonym) Liliales, order Liliales (member-meronym) iridaceous plant
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