Class Liliopsida (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Members of class Liliopsida are diverse in form and function, ranging from the towering palms to the delicate orchids.
- The class Liliopsida encompasses some of the most familiar and economically important groups of flowering plants.
- All the vast array of monocotyledons belonging to the class Liliopsida have distinct characteristics, such as leaves with parallel veins.
- Growing in nearly all terrestrial habitats, the adaptability of class Liliopsida species is a testament to their evolutionary success.
- The widespread cultivation of various members of class Liliopsida has significant economic impacts worldwide.