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GERANIALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
Synonyms:
Geraniales; order Geraniales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Geraniales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Geraniales"):
Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)
bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)
family Tropaeolaceae; nasturtium family; Tropaeolaceae (coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum)
family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)
family Rutaceae; rue family; Rutaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent)
family Polygalaceae; milkwort family; Polygalaceae (trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres)
family Oxalidaceae; Oxalidaceae; wood-sorrel family (a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers)
family Lepidobotryaceae; Lepidobotryaceae (family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa)
family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)
family Malpighiaceae; Malpighiaceae (tropical shrubs or trees)
Callitrichaceae; family Callitrichaceae (dicot aquatic herbs)
Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)
Erythroxylaceae; family Erythroxylaceae (a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit)
family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family (chiefly herbaceous plants)
balsam family; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae (distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers)
Holonyms ("Geraniales" is a member of...):
Rosidae; subclass Rosidae (a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae)
