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POLYGONALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,

Synonyms:

order Polygonales; Polygonales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Polygonales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Polygonales"):

buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)

Holonyms ("Polygonales" 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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