monocotyledonae

Noun
  1. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids;
    Divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae;
    Arecidae;
    Commelinidae;
    And Liliidae (synset 111688013)
    is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    member holonym:
    • liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    • endogen, liliopsid, monocot, monocotyledon - a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
    • alismatidae, subclass alismatidae - one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs
    • arecidae, subclass arecidae - one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
    • commelinidae, subclass 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
    • liliidae, subclass liliidae - one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
    • alismales, naiadales, order alismales, order naiadales - an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
    belongs to: angiospermae, anthophyta, class angiospermae, division anthophyta, division magnoliophyta, magnoliophyta - comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
    same as: class liliopsida, class monocotyledonae, class monocotyledones, liliopsida, monocotyledones

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