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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; it comprises 17 families including:
Liliaceae ;Alliaceae ;Amaryllidaceae ;Iridaceae ;Orchidaceae ;Trilliaceae .
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- proper noun A taxonomic
subclass within theclass Liliopsida — thelilies ,orchids and other flowering plants.
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- noun one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
Etymologies
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Lilium + -idae
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