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order Liliales

order Liliales

9.9
A group of flowering plants like lilies and tulips with parallel leaf veins
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrdər lɪˈliːeɪlz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : orden Liliales
  • The order Liliales includes many well-known ornamental flowers such as lilies and tulips.

Examples

  • Members of the order Liliales are characterized by their parallel leaf venation and flower structure.

  • Recent studies have revised the classification within the order Liliales based on genetic evidence.

  • The order Liliales encompasses various flowering plants.

  • Many species in the order Liliales are popular in gardens.

  • The order Liliales includes important families like Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae that are known for their unique flower structures.

  • Botanists study the order Liliales to understand the relationships between different species of monocotyledonous plants.

  • Many plants in the order Liliales are cultivated for their beautiful blooms, such as the popular lily and iris.

Synonyms

Liliales
vsorder Liliales
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of related flowering plants that includes lilies and irises

is the same concept but presented as a formal taxonomic name

Surface Forms

order Liliales singular
orders Liliales plural

Morphology

order + Liliales

The phrase is fully compositional: it combines 'order' (a taxonomic grouping) with the taxon name 'Liliales', so a learner who knows both constituents and the taxonomic sense of 'order' can derive that it denotes the taxonomic order called Liliales. Taxonomic naming follows a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, making the meaning predictable rather than idiomatic.

Etymology

The noun order Liliales comes from the Latin word lilium, which means 'lily', and the word order, which means a named group of plants. So order Liliales literally names a group of lily-like flowering plants and is used today for that related group.