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subclass Arecidae
     n : one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones;
         comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and
         shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating
         aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae: and
         Lemnaceae [syn: {Arecidae}]