noun
an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
• Syn: ↑order Naiadales, ↑Alismales, ↑order Alismales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Monocotyledones, ↑class Monocotyledones, ↑Monocotyledonae, ↑class Monocotyledonae, ↑Liliopsida, ↑class Liliopsida
• Member Meronyms:
↑Naiadaceae, ↑family Naiadaceae, ↑Najadaceae, ↑family Najadaceae, ↑naiad family, ↑Alismataceae, ↑family Alismataceae, ↑water-plantain family, ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑family Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family, ↑frog's-bit family, ↑Potamogetonaceae, ↑family Potamogetonaceae, ↑pondweed family, ↑Scheuchzeriaceae, ↑family Scheuchzeriaceae, ↑Juncaginaceae, ↑family Juncaginaceae, ↑arrow-grass family, ↑Zannichelliaceae, ↑family Zannichelliaceae, ↑Zosteraceae, ↑family Zosteraceae, ↑eelgrass family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants that have flowers either with or without perianth, apocarpous ovaries, and seeds without endosperm — see hydrocharitaceae, juncaginaceae, naiadaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.