subclass arecidae
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | arales, order arales, |
| definition | : | Araceae; Lemnaceae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | order pandanales, pandanales, |
| definition | : | families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | order palmales, palmales, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the family Palmae: palms (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | class liliopsida, class monocotyledonae, class monocotyledones, liliopsida, monocotyledonae, monocotyledones, |
| definition | : | comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae (noun.plant) |
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