1.
the lily family; Liliaceae
A botanical family of flowering plants centered on lilies and tulips. 科 is the suffix for a biological family. (In traditional classifications it also took in plants like onions, though modern systems often place those elsewhere.)
チューリップはユリ科の花だ。
The tulip is a flower of the lily family.
ユリ科の植物には球根を持つものが多い。
Many plants in the lily family have bulbs.
昔はネギやニラもユリ科に分類されていた。
In the past, green onions and garlic chives were also classified in the lily family.
The biological family Liliaceae. The suffix 科 marks a taxonomic family; the family name precedes it, here written in katakana as ユリ.
NOTABLE MEMBERS:
- 百合: lily
- チューリップ: tulip
USAGE:
- ユリ科の花: a flower of the lily family
- ユリ科に分類される: to be classified in the lily family