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ARISTOLOCHIALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary

Synonyms:

Aristolochiales; order Aristolochiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Aristolochiales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Aristolochiales"):

Aristolochiaceae; birthwort family; family Aristolochiaceae (family of birthworts (including wild ginger))

family Rafflesiaceae; Rafflesiaceae (a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales)

family Hydnoraceae; Hydnoraceae (a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants)

Holonyms ("Aristolochiales" is a member of...):

class Dicotyledonae; class Dicotyledones; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae; Dicotyledones; Magnoliopsida (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae)

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