arecidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Arecidae*:
NOUN	plant	Arecidae, subclass Arecidae	one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones

English > *Arecidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae.
Synonym	subclass Arecidae
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
Members	Arales, order Arales	Araceae
	Palmales, order Palmales	coextensive with the family Palmae
	Pandanales, order Pandanales	families Typhaceae
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

HyperDic: arecidae