Liliales

plural noun

Lil·​i·​a·​les

: an order of monocotyledonous plants with complete, perfect, and typically trimerous flowers, a compound ovary, and seeds with an oily or fleshy endosperm see amaryllidaceae , iridaceae , liliaceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Lilium + -ales

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