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Noun: subclass Arecidae
  1. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
    - Arecidae

Type of: class

Part of: class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones, Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones

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subbase
subbing
subclass
subclass Acnidosporidia
subclass Actinopoda
subclass Alismatidae
subclass Amphineura
subclass Anapsida
subclass Archaeornithes
subclass Archosauria
subclass Arecidae
subclass Asteridae
subclass Branchiopoda
subclass Caryophyllidae
subclass Cirripedia
subclass Cnidosporidia
subclass Commelinidae
subclass Copepoda
subclass Crossopterygii
subclass Diapsida
subclass Dibranchia