noun
coextensive with the family Salicaceae
• Syn: ↑order Salicales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑Salicaceae, ↑family Salicaceae, ↑willow family
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: an order of dicotyledonous plants coextensive with the family Salicaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.