Definition of Liliopsida

1. Noun. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Liliopsida

Lijiang
Likert scale
Likud
Lil
Lila
Lilah
Lilia
Liliales
Lilian
Lilian Alicia Marks
Liliana
Lilianna
Lilias
Lilibet
Liliidae
Liliopsida
Lilith
Lilium
Lilium auratum
Lilium canadense
Lilium candidum
Lilium catesbaei
Lilium columbianum
Lilium lancifolium
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium maritinum
Lilium martagon
Lilium michiganense
Lilium pardalinum
Lilium philadelphicum

Literary usage of Liliopsida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... liliopsida (Monocotyledons) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) is a common member of the spring flora in moist woods. ..."

2. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1992)
"... nuclear genes of higher plants have been sequenced, a clear distinction between Magnoliopsida (dicot) and liliopsida (monocot) codon usage is evident. ..."

3. El bosque de coníferas de la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Baja California by José Delgadillo (2004)
"Phoradendron villosum Nutt. ssp. villosum CLASE liliopsida Agavaceae Nolina palmeri S.Watson var. palmeri Yucca schidigera KE Ortgies Yucca whipplei Torrey ..."

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