order xyridales
Noun
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An order of monocotyledonous herbs (synset 112625780)
is a type of: plant order - the order of plantsmember holonym:
- family xyridaceae, xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family - plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places
- commelinaceae, family commelinaceae, spiderwort family - large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
- bromeliaceae, family bromeliaceae, pineapple family - a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
- family mayacaceae, mayacaceae - a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
- family rapateaceae, rapateaceae - South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
- eriocaulaceae, family eriocaulaceae, pipewort family - chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
- family pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, pontederiaceae - aquatic or bog plants
belongs to: 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
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