class monocotyledonae

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   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

   SynonymsMonocotyledonesclass MonocotyledonesMonocotyledonaeLiliopsidaclass Liliopsida

   Broaderclass

   Part ofAngiospermae

Questions about class monocotyledonae

What does class monocotyledonae mean?

class monocotyledonae means "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".

What is another word for class monocotyledonae?

Close synonyms include Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is class monocotyledonae a common word?

class monocotyledonae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.