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class Liliopsida

DEFINITIONS OF: class Liliopsida

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n 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

Synonyms:
Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones
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(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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