noun
an order of dicotyledonous plants
• Syn: ↑order Sapindales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms:
↑Sapindaceae, ↑family Sapindaceae, ↑soapberry family, ↑Buxaceae, ↑family Buxaceae, ↑box family, ↑Celastraceae, ↑family Celastraceae, ↑spindle-tree family, ↑staff-tree family, ↑Cyrilliaceae, ↑family Cyrilliaceae, ↑cyrilla family, ↑titi family, ↑Empetraceae, ↑family Empetraceae, ↑crowberry family, ↑Aceraceae, ↑family Aceraceae, ↑maple family, ↑Aquifoliaceae, ↑family Aquifoliaceae, ↑holly family, ↑Anacardiaceae, ↑family Anacardiaceae, ↑sumac family, ↑Hippocastanaceae, ↑family Hippocastanaceae, ↑horse-chestnut family, ↑Staphylaceae, ↑family Staphylaceae, ↑bladdernut family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Sapindus + -ales
: an order of dicotyledonous plants having the stamens inserted on a disk and the ovary with one or two ovules in each cell
Useful english dictionary. 2012.