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COMMELINIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Commelinidae; subclass Commelinidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Commelinidae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Commelinidae"):
Graminales; order Graminales (grasses; sedges; rushes)
Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)
Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)
Holonyms ("Commelinidae" is a member of...):
class Liliopsida; class Monocotyledonae; class Monocotyledones; Liliopsida; Monocotyledonae; Monocotyledones (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)
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