Akademik

Xyridales

noun

an order of monocotyledonous herbs

• Syn: ↑order Xyridales, ↑Commelinales, ↑order Commelinales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Commelinidae, ↑subclass Commelinidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Xyridaceae, ↑family Xyridaceae, ↑yellow-eyed grass family, ↑Commelinaceae, ↑family Commelinaceae, ↑spiderwort family, ↑Bromeliaceae, ↑family Bromeliaceae, ↑pineapple family, ↑Mayacaceae, ↑family Mayacaceae, ↑Rapateaceae, ↑family Rapateaceae, ↑Eriocaulaceae, ↑family Eriocaulaceae, ↑pipewort family, ↑Pontederiaceae, ↑family Pontederiaceae, ↑pickerelweed family

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Xyrid-, Xyris + -ales

: an order of monocotyledonous herbs having flowers mostly with regular corolla and compound superior ovary — see bromeliaceae, commelinaceae, xyridaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.