Liliales

noun

an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae

• Syn: ↑order Liliales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliidae, ↑subclass Liliidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncaceae, ↑rush family, ↑Dioscoreaceae, ↑family Dioscoreaceae, ↑yam family, ↑Haemodoraceae, ↑family Haemodoraceae, ↑bloodwort family, ↑Iridaceae, ↑family Iridaceae, ↑iris family, ↑Amaryllidaceae, ↑family Amaryllidaceae, ↑amaryllis family, ↑Hypoxidaceae, ↑family Hypoxidaceae, ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family, ↑Trilliaceae, ↑family Trilliaceae, ↑trillium family, ↑Taccaceae, ↑family Taccaceae, ↑Agavaceae, ↑family Agavaceae, ↑agave family, ↑sisal family

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lilium + -ales

: an order of monocotyledonous plants with complete, perfect, and typically trimerous flowers, a compound ovary, and seeds with an oily or fleshy endosperm — see amaryllidaceae, iridaceae, liliaceae