English noun: subclass Commelinidae |
1. | subclass Commelinidae (plant) 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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| Synonyms | Commelinidae |
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| Broader (hypernym) | class |
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| Member holonym | Commelinales, Graminales, Musales, order Commelinales, order Graminales, order Musales, order Xyridales, Xyridales |
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| Member meronym | class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones, Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones |
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