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.
- synonyms: subclass Commelinidae
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