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Noun: Liliopsida
  1. 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
    - Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, class Liliopsida

Type of: class

Part of: Angiospermae, Anthophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Magnoliophyta

Encyclopedia: Liliopsida

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liliaceous plant
Liliales
Lilian Alicia Marks
lilied
liliid monocot family
liliid monocot genus
Liliidae
liliopsid
liliopsid family
liliopsid genus
Liliopsida
Lilith
Lilium
Lilium auratum
Lilium canadense
Lilium candidum
Lilium catesbaei
Lilium columbianum
Lilium lancifolium
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium maritinum