HyperDic: order_liliales

English > 1 sense of the expression order Liliales:
NOUNplantorder Liliales, Lilialesan order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
English > order Liliales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAn order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae.
SynonymLiliales
Member ofLiliidae, subclass LiliidaeOne of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones
MembersAgavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal familychiefly tropical and xerophytic plants
Amaryllidaceae, family Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis familysnowdrop
Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam familyyams
Haemodoraceae, family Haemodoraceae, bloodwort familySome genera placed in family Liliaceae
Hypoxidaceae, family HypoxidaceaeIn some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
Iridaceae, family Iridaceae, iris familylarge family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Juncaceae, family Juncaceae, rush familytufted herbs resembling grasses
Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily familyIncludes species sometimes divided among the following families
Taccaceae, family Taccaceaesmall family of tropical herbs
Trilliaceae, family Trilliaceae, trillium familysmall family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals
Broaderplant orderThe order of plants
Spanishliliales
Catalanliliales, Liliales, Lilial

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