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LILIOPSID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liliopsid mean?
• LILIOPSID (noun)
The noun LILIOPSID has 1 sense:
1. a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
Familiarity information: LILIOPSID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
endogen; liliopsid; monocot; monocotyledon
Hypernyms ("liliopsid" is a kind of...):
angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)
Holonyms ("liliopsid" is a member of...):
class Liliopsida; class Monocotyledonae; class Monocotyledones; Liliopsida; Monocotyledonae; Monocotyledones (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae)
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