noun
an order of dicotyledonous plants
• Syn: ↑order Rhoeadales, ↑Papaverales, ↑order Papaverales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dilleniidae, ↑subclass Dilleniidae
• Member Meronyms:
↑Capparidaceae, ↑family Capparidaceae, ↑caper family, ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family, ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae, ↑poppy family, ↑Fumariaceae, ↑family Fumariaceae, ↑fumitory family
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\\ˌrēəˈdā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of dicotyledonous plants including the families Papaveraceae, Fumariaceae, and Cruciferae and having regular or irregular cyclic flowers with hypogynous stamens and a superior compound ovary
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Rhoeadales /rē-ə-dāˈlēz/
plural noun
An order of dicotyledons including poppies, Cruciferae, etc
ORIGIN: Gr rhoias, -ados corn poppy
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rhoeˈadine /-dēn/ noun
An alkaloid found in poppies
Useful english dictionary. 2012.