Associations to the word «Commelinidae»

Wiktionary

COMMELINIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic subclass within the class Liliopsida   — the grasses, rushes, sedges and similar plants. [since 1967]

Dictionary definition

COMMELINIDAE, 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.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras