Xyridales

plural noun

Xyr·​i·​da·​les

: an order of monocotyledonous herbs having flowers mostly with regular corolla and compound superior ovary see bromeliaceae, commelinaceae, xyridaceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Xyrid-, Xyris + -ales

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