Liliopsida
n : 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 [syn: {Monocotyledones}, {class
Monocotyledones}, {Monocotyledonae}, {class
Monocotyledonae}, {class Liliopsida}]