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ALISMATIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("Alismatidae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Holonyms ("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)