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SARRACENIALES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae
Synonyms:
order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sarraceniales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Sarraceniales"):
family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae (insectivorous plants)
pitcher plant (any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales)
family Nepenthaceae; Nepenthaceae (coextensive with the genus Nepenthes)
Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)
family Roridulaceae; Roridulaceae (in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae)
Holonyms ("Sarraceniales" 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)