subclass_alismatidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

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

English > *subclass Alismatidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs.
Synonym	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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