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ORDER URTICALES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
Synonyms:
order Urticales; Urticales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Urticales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Urticales"):
family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)
Cannabidaceae; family Cannabidaceae; hemp family (two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae)
family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)
Cecropiaceae; family Cecropiaceae (in some classifications included in family Moraceae)
elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)
Holonyms ("order Urticales" 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)