subclass commelinidae
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | graminales, order graminales, |
| definition | : | grasses; sedges; rushes (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | musales, order musales, |
| definition | : | tropical plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | commelinales, order commelinales, order xyridales, xyridales, |
| definition | : | an order of monocotyledonous herbs (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | class liliopsida, class monocotyledonae, class monocotyledones, liliopsida, monocotyledonae, monocotyledones, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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