HyperDic: class_monocotyledones

English > 1 sense of the expression class Monocotyledones:
NOUNplantclass Monocotyledones, Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsidacomprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves
English > class Monocotyledones: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningComprising 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.
SynonymsMonocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida
Member ofAngiospermae, class Angiospermae, Magnoliophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Anthophyta, division AnthophytaComprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary
MembersAlismatidae, subclass AlismatidaeOne of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones
Arecidae, subclass ArecidaeOne of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones
Commelinidae, subclass CommelinidaeOne of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones
Liliidae, subclass LiliidaeOne of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones
Naiadales, order Naiadales, Alismales, order AlismalesAn order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
monocot, monocotyledon, liliopsid, endogenA monocotyledonous flowering plant
monocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishmonocotiledóneas, Monocotyledones
CatalanLiliopsida

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