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ARECIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
Synonyms:
Arecidae; subclass Arecidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arecidae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Arecidae"):
Arales; order Arales (Araceae; Lemnaceae)
order Pandanales; Pandanales (families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae)
order Palmales; Palmales (coextensive with the family Palmae: palms)
Holonyms ("Arecidae" 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)
