liliid monocot family
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Noun | 1. | liliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Liliidae, subclass Liliidae - one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae family Iridaceae, Iridaceae, iris family - large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family, family Amaryllidaceae - snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae family Hypoxidaceae, Hypoxidaceae - in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae Alliaceae, family Alliaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium aloe family, Aloeaceae, family Aloeaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted Alstroemeriaceae, family Alstroemeriaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae, family Aphyllanthaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes Asparagaceae, family Asparagaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus Asphodelaceae, family Asphodelaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae Colchicaceae, family Colchicaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa family Hemerocallidaceae, Hemerocallidaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis family Funkaceae, family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, Hostaceae - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta family Hyacinthaceae, Hyacinthaceae - one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted family Melanthiaceae, Melanthiaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum family Ruscaceae, Ruscaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted family Tecophilaeacea, Tecophilaeacea - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted family Xanthorrhoeaceae, grass tree family, Xanthorrhoeaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted family Trilliaceae, Trilliaceae, trillium family - small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae Smilacaceae, subfamily Smilacaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted Convallariaceae, family Convallariaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted subfamily Uvulariaceae, Uvulariaceae - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae family Taccaceae, Taccaceae - small family of tropical herbs Agavaceae, agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family - chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae Dracaenaceae, Dracenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae - one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae |
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