noun
order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae
• Syn: ↑order Casuarinales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑Casuarinaceae, ↑family Casuarinaceae
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\\ˌkazhəˌwarəˈnā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of chiefly Australian woody plants comprising the casuarinas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.