noun
coextensive with the family Proteaceae
• Syn: ↑order Proteales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑protea family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of plants that is coextensive with the family Proteaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.