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ORDER MYRICALES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Myricaceae

Synonyms:

Myricales; order Myricales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("order Myricales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order 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)

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