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COMMELINALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of monocotyledonous herbs
Synonyms:
Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Commelinales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Commelinales"):
family Xyridaceae; Xyridaceae; yellow-eyed grass family (plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places)
Commelinaceae; family Commelinaceae; spiderwort family (large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts)
Bromeliaceae; family Bromeliaceae; pineapple family (a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance)
family Mayacaceae; Mayacaceae (a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales)
family Rapateaceae; Rapateaceae (South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae)
Eriocaulaceae; family Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family (chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts)
family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)
Holonyms ("Commelinales" is a member of...):
Commelinidae; subclass Commelinidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae)
