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[syn: Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Liliopsida \Liliopsida\ n.
A class comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a
single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves. It includes the
grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four
subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae;
Commelinidae; and Liliidae.
Syn: Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae,
class Monocotyledonae, class Liliopsida.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Liliopsida
n 1: 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 [syn: Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones,
Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida,
class Liliopsida]