Translingual

Agave americana

Proper noun

Agavoideae

1. A taxonomic subfamily within the family Asparagaceae – many desert and dry zone plants.

Hypernyms

• (subfamily): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (subfamily): Agave, Anemarrhena, Anthericum, Behnia, Beschorneria, Camassia, Chlorogalum, Chlorophytum, Diamena, Diora, Echeandia, Eremocrinum, Furcraea, Hagenbachia, Hastingsia, Herreria, Herreriopsis, Hesperaloe, Hesperocallis, Hesperoyucca, Hosta, Leucocrinum, Manfreda, Paradisea, Polianthes, Prochnyanthes, Schoenolirion, Yucca (genera)