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- noun Plural form of
commelinid . - noun botany A
clade within the clademonocots .
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From Translingual Commelinidae ("a family of grasses, rushes, sedges and related plants")
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qroqqa commented on the word commelinids
APG II clade containing a large part of the monocots. It includes orders Poales (grasses), Arecales (palms), Commelinales, and Zingiberales (ginger, banana etc.).
July 4, 2008