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ROSALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
Synonyms:
order Rosales; Rosales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Rosales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Rosales"):
Connaraceae; family Connaraceae; zebrawood family (mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae)
Connarus; genus Connarus (large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae)
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
Cephalotaceae; family Cephalotaceae (a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus)
Crassulaceae; family Crassulaceae; stonecrop family (succulent shrubs and herbs)
cunonia family; Cunoniaceae; family Cunoniaceae (trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere)
family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)
family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)
family Grossulariaceae; gooseberry family; Grossulariaceae (in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry)
family Platanaceae; plane-tree family; Platanaceae (coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees)
Holonyms ("Rosales" 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)
