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MYRICALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the family Myricaceae
Synonyms:
Myricales; order Myricales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Myricales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Myricales"):
family Myricaceae; Myricaceae; wax-myrtle family (constituting the order Myricales)
corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae (coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order)
Holonyms ("Myricales" 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)
