NOUN | plant | Alismatidae, subclass Alismatidae | one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones |
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Meaning | One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs. | |
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Synonym | subclass Alismatidae | |
Member of | Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida | Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
Spanish | alismatáceas |
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