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Ericales

noun

Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Hyponyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dilleniidae, ↑subclass Dilleniidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Clethraceae, ↑family Clethraceae, ↑white-alder family, ↑Diapensiaceae, ↑family Diapensiaceae, ↑diapensia family, ↑Epacridaceae, ↑family Epacridaceae, ↑epacris family, ↑Lennoaceae, ↑family Lennoaceae, ↑Pyrolaceae, ↑family Pyrolaceae, ↑wintergreen family, ↑Monotropaceae, ↑family Monotropaceae

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\\ˌerəˈkā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Erica + -ales

: an order comprising chiefly gamopetalous dicotyledonous plants characterized by regular flowers with stamens in two whorls free from the corolla and with a compound ovary and containing the families Ericaceae, Clethraceae, Pyrolaceae, Diapensiaceae, Lennoaceae, and Epacridaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.