ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdā(ˌ)lēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Xyrid-, Xyris + -ales
: an order of monocotyledonous herbs having flowers mostly with regular corolla and compound superior ovary — see bromeliaceae , commelinaceae , xyridaceae