SUBCLASS ALISMATIDAE

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Meaning:

One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs

Synonyms:

Alismatidae; subclass Alismatidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("subclass Alismatidae" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("subclass Alismatidae" 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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