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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: Commelinidae, subclass Commelinidae]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subclass Commelinidae n 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 [syn: Commelinidae, subclass Commelinidae]