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nouna family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
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- commelinidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae
- subclass commelinidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae
- bromelia the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx