noun
coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,
• Syn: ↑order Polygonales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑Polygonaceae, ↑family Polygonaceae, ↑buckwheat family
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\\pəˌligəˈnā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of dicotyledonous plants coextensive with the family Polygonaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.