ユリ科(か)

ゆりか
noun
the lily family (Liliaceae)
plant-general
1. the lily family; Liliaceae
A botanical family of flowering plants centered on lilies and tulips. 科(か) 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(か)の花(はな)だ。
The tulip is a flower of the lily family.
ユリ科(か)の植物(しょくぶつ)には球根(きゅうこん)を持(も)つものが多(おお)い。
Many plants in the lily family have bulbs.
昔(むかし)はネギやニラもユリ科(か)に分類(ぶんるい)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(か) marks a taxonomic family; the family name precedes it, here written in katakana as ユリ.

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