1. one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium; [syn: Alliaceae, family Alliaceae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
family Alliaceae
n 1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some
classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not
widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium [syn:
Alliaceae, family Alliaceae]