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MYRTALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
Synonyms:
Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Myrtales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Myrtales"):
Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)
Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family (shrubs or small trees often armed)
family Haloragaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; Haloragidaceae; water-milfoil family (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales)
family Lecythidaceae; Lecythidaceae (large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins)
family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae (herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers)
family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)
family Nyssaceae; Nyssaceae; sour-gum family; tupelo family (a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees)
evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae; Onagraceae (a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales)
family Punicaceae; Punicaceae (one species: pomegranates)
family Rhizophoraceae; mangrove family; Rhizophoraceae (trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts)
daphne family; family Thymelaeaceae; Thymelaeaceae (family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa)
family Trapaceae; Trapaceae (family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae)
family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; meadow-beauty family; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae (a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals)
Holonyms ("Myrtales" 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)
