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ORDER RHAMNALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of dicotyledonous plants
Synonyms:
order Rhamnales; Rhamnales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Rhamnales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Rhamnales"):
buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)
family Vitaceae; grapevine family; Vitaceae; Vitidaceae (a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales)
Holonyms ("order Rhamnales" 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)