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    ARECIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 Lemnaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Arecidae; subclass Arecidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Arecidae" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "Arecidae"):

    Arales; order Arales (Araceae; Lemnaceae)

    order Pandanales; Pandanales (families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae)

    order Palmales; Palmales (coextensive with the family Palmae: palms)

    Holonyms ("Arecidae" is a member of...):

    class Liliopsida; class Monocotyledonae; class Monocotyledones; Liliopsida; Monocotyledonae; Monocotyledones (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)

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