Associations to the word «Commelinidae»

Wiktionary

COMMELINIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic subclass within the class Liliopsida   — the grasses, rushes, sedges and similar plants. [since 1967]

Dictionary definition

COMMELINIDAE, noun. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae.

Wise words

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Charles de Gaulle