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GENTIANALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
Synonyms:
Gentianales; order Gentianales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gentianales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Gentianales"):
Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)
family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)
family Salvadoraceae; Salvadora family; Salvadoraceae (a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals)
family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)
buckbean family; family Menyanthaceae; Menyanthaceae (a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales)
family Loganiaceae; Loganiaceae (a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales)
Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)
Holonyms ("Gentianales" 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)
