commelinidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

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

English > *Commelinidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Synonym	subclass Commelinidae
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	Graminales, order Graminales	grasses
	Musales, order Musales	Tropical plants
	Xyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales	An order of monocotyledonous herbs
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

HyperDic: commelinidae