TAXALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews

Synonyms:

order Taxales; Taxales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant order (the order of plants)

Holonyms ("Taxales" is a member of...):

class Coniferopsida; Coniferophyta; Coniferophytina; Coniferopsida; subdivision Coniferophytina (cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian))

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