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Meaning of liliate | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈlɪliət/

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to Liliopsida.
    not-comparable
  2. Like a lily.
    not-comparable

Examples

“In dicotyledonous groups a general trend originated towards the developments of a tectate ectexine (Walker 1974a), a trait apparently not exhibited by the Monocotyledons (or only appearing in some advanced liliate taxa).”
“As an example of the methodology a sample of eighty-eight liliate families has been classified using data pertaining to fifty-one attributes and using an intensely clustering sorting strategy.”
“Oligandry of flowers is more derived than polyandry ( at least within each major subdivision of the Dicots ) ; some liliate families ( such as Iridaceae) have 'lost' a staminal whorl and are more advanced in this respect than related families with a biseriate androecium; in several families of Angiosperms the number of ovules may be progressively oligomerised from many per ovary locule to a few (or a single one), etc.”
“Tall, liliate flowers screening the rabbits' pen harmonize with floral patterns in the M ( Memento ) and in the enamel-like design behind it .”
“The liliate or pattée cross.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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