noun
herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
• Syn: ↑order Ranales, ↑Ranunculales, ↑order Ranunculales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Magnoliidae, ↑subclass Magnoliidae, ↑ranalian complex
• Member Meronyms:
↑Annonaceae, ↑family Annonaceae, ↑custard-apple family, ↑Berberidaceae, ↑family Berberidaceae, ↑barberry family, ↑Calycanthaceae, ↑family Calycanthaceae, ↑calycanthus family, ↑strawberry-shrub family, ↑Ceratophyllaceae, ↑family Ceratophyllaceae, ↑Cercidiphyllaceae, ↑family Cercidiphyllaceae, ↑Lardizabalaceae, ↑family Lardizabalaceae, ↑lardizabala family, ↑Lauraceae, ↑family Lauraceae, ↑laurel family, ↑Magnoliaceae, ↑family Magnoliaceae, ↑magnolia family, ↑Menispermaceae, ↑family Menispermaceae, ↑moonseed family, ↑Myristicaceae, ↑family Myristicaceae, ↑nutmeg family, ↑Nymphaeaceae, ↑family Nymphaeaceae, ↑water-lily family, ↑Paeoniaceae, ↑family Paeoniaceae, ↑peony family, ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑buttercup family, ↑crowfoot family, ↑Winteraceae, ↑family Winteraceae, ↑winter's bark family
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\\rəˈnā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Ranunculus + -ales
: a large order of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees including the Ranunculaceae, Berberidaceae, Magnoliaceae, Annonaceae, and Lauraceae and being distinguished in general by flowers with spirally arranged parts, numerous stamens, and an apocarpous gynoecium
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