English > liliid monocot family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils. |
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| Member of | Liliidae, subclass Liliidae | One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones |
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| Narrower | Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family | chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants |
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| Alliaceae, family Alliaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Aloeaceae, family Aloeaceae, aloe family | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Alstroemeriaceae, family Alstroemeriaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Amaryllidaceae, family Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family | snowdrop |
| Aphyllanthaceae, family Aphyllanthaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Asparagaceae, family Asparagaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae |
| Asphodelaceae, family Asphodelaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae |
| Colchicaceae, family Colchicaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Convallariaceae, family Convallariaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Dracenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae, Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae | One of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae |
| Hemerocallidaceae, family Hemerocallidaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Hostaceae, family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, family Funkaceae | One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Hyacinthaceae, family Hyacinthaceae | One of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Hypoxidaceae, family Hypoxidaceae | In some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae |
| Iridaceae, family Iridaceae, iris family | large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs |
| Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
| Melanthiaceae, family Melanthiaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Ruscaceae, family Ruscaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Smilacaceae, subfamily Smilacaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Taccaceae, family Taccaceae | small family of tropical herbs |
| Tecophilaeacea, family Tecophilaeacea | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Trilliaceae, family Trilliaceae, trillium family | small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals |
| Uvulariaceae, subfamily Uvulariaceae | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae |
| Xanthorrhoeaceae, family Xanthorrhoeaceae, grass tree family | One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
| Broader | monocot family, liliopsid family | family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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