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LILIID MONOCOT FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("liliid monocot family" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liliid monocot family"):
Dracaenaceae; Dracenaceae; subfamily Dracaenaceae; subfamily Dracenaceae (one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae)
Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)
family Taccaceae; Taccaceae (small family of tropical herbs)
subfamily Uvulariaceae; Uvulariaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae)
Convallariaceae; family Convallariaceae; Smilacaceae; subfamily Smilacaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)
family Trilliaceae; Trilliaceae; trillium family (small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)
family Xanthorrhoeaceae; grass tree family; Xanthorrhoeaceae; family Tecophilaeacea; Tecophilaeacea; family Ruscaceae; Ruscaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)
family Melanthiaceae; Melanthiaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum)
family Hyacinthaceae; Hyacinthaceae (one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)
family Funkaceae; family Hostaceae; Funkaceae; Hostaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta)
family Hemerocallidaceae; Hemerocallidaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis)
Colchicaceae; family Colchicaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa)
Asphodelaceae; family Asphodelaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae)
Asparagaceae; family Asparagaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus)
Aphyllanthaceae; family Aphyllanthaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes)
Alstroemeriaceae; family Alstroemeriaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae)
aloe family; Aloeaceae; family Aloeaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted)
Alliaceae; family Alliaceae (one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium)
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
family Hypoxidaceae; Hypoxidaceae (in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae)
Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)
family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
Holonyms ("liliid monocot family" is a member of...):
Liliidae; subclass Liliidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae)
