noun
one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
• Syn: ↑subclass Liliidae
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Monocotyledones, ↑class Monocotyledones, ↑Monocotyledonae, ↑class Monocotyledonae, ↑Liliopsida, ↑class Liliopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑liliid monocot family, ↑liliid monocot genus, ↑Orchidales, ↑order Orchidales, ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.