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    XYRIDALES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An order of monocotyledonous herbsplay

    Synonyms:

    Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    plant order (the order of plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Xyridales"):

    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 ("Xyridales" 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)

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