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SCROPHULARIALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales
Synonyms:
order Scrophulariales; Scrophulariales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scrophulariales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Holonyms ("Scrophulariales" 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)