noun
coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae
• Syn: ↑order Plantaginales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑Plantaginaceae, ↑family Plantaginaceae, ↑plantain family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Plantagin-, Plantago + -ales
: an order of plants coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.