nanticoke: the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy
algonquian: family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
commelinidae: one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae