LILIALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Liliales mean? 

• LILIALES (noun)
  The noun LILIALES has 1 sense:

1. an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae

  Familiarity information: LILIALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LILIALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Liliales; order Liliales

Hypernyms ("Liliales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Liliales"):

family Juncaceae; Juncaceae; rush family (tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes)

Dioscoreaceae; family Dioscoreaceae; yam family (yams)

bloodwort family; family Haemodoraceae; Haemodoraceae (some genera placed in family Liliaceae)

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)

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)

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)

Holonyms ("Liliales" is a member of...):

Liliidae; subclass Liliidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae)