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liliates

liliates is the plural of liliate.

Meaning of liliate

Noun

liliate (plural liliates)

  1. A flowering plant belonging to the class Liliopsida.
    • There is a phytochemical link between alismatid ("helobial") taxa and herbaceous ranunculalean ones, but it is a question if one may deduce from this correspondence that the Alismatidae are the most primitive liliates and all other monocots are derived from them, and also whether their...1987, A. D. J. Meeuse, All about angiosperms, page 55

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Questions about liliates

What is liliates the plural of?
Liliates is the plural of liliate.

Words near liliates in the dictionary

  1. Lilian
  2. Liliana
  3. Lilianna
  4. Lilias
  5. liliate
  6. liliates
  7. Lilibet
  8. Lilibeth
  9. Lilibeths
  10. lilied
  11. Lilienthal

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