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- noun family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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- Cannaceae
- Marantaceae
- Naiadaceae
- Najadaceae
- Pandanaceae
- acoraceae
- alismataceae
- araceae
- arecaceae
- arrow-grass family
- arrowroot family
- arum family
- banana family
- bloodwort family
- bromeliaceae
- bur-reed family
- burmanniaceae
- cattail family
- commelinaceae
- cyperaceae
- duckweed family
- eelgrass family
- eriocaulaceae
- family alismataceae
- family araceae
- family arecaceae
- family bromeliaceae
- family burmanniaceae
- family cannaceae
- family commelinaceae
- family cyperaceae
- family eriocaulaceae
- family graminaceae
- family gramineae
- family haemodoraceae
- family hydrocharidaceae
- family hydrocharitaceae
- family juncaceae
- family juncaginaceae
- family lemnaceae
- family marantaceae
- family mayacaceae
- family musaceae
- family naiadaceae
- family najadaceae
- family orchidaceae
- family palmaceae
- family palmae
- family pandanaceae
- family poaceae
- family pontederiaceae
- family potamogetonaceae
- family rapateaceae
- family scheuchzeriaceae
- family sparganiaceae
- family strelitziaceae
- family typhaceae
- family xyridaceae
- family zannichelliaceae
- family zingiberaceae
- family zosteraceae
- frog's-bit family
- frogbit family
- ginger family
- graminaceae
- gramineae
- grass family
- haemodoraceae
- hydrocharidaceae
- hydrocharitaceae
- juncaceae
- juncaginaceae
- lemnaceae
- liliid monocot family
- mayacaceae
- musaceae
- naiad family
- orchid family
- orchidaceae
- palm family
- palmaceae
- palmae
- pickerelweed family
- pineapple family
- pipewort family
- poaceae
- pondweed family
- pontederiaceae
- potamogetonaceae
- rapateaceae
- rush family
- scheuchzeriaceae
- screw-pine family
- sedge family
- sparganiaceae
- spiderwort family
- strelitzia family
- strelitziaceae
- subfamily acoraceae
- typhaceae
- water-plantain family
- xyridaceae
- yellow-eyed grass family
- zannichelliaceae
- zingiberaceae
- zosteraceae
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