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LILIALES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
Synonyms:
Liliales; order Liliales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Liliales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Liliales"):
family Juncaceae; Juncaceae; rush family (tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes)
Dioscoreaceae; family Dioscoreaceae; yam family (yams)
bloodwort family; family Haemodoraceae; Haemodoraceae (some genera placed in family Liliaceae)
family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)
family Hypoxidaceae; Hypoxidaceae (in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae)
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
family Trilliaceae; Trilliaceae; trillium family (small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)
family Taccaceae; Taccaceae (small family of tropical herbs)
Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)
Holonyms ("Liliales" is a member of...):
Liliidae; subclass Liliidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae)