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Fagales

noun

an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae

• Syn: ↑order Fagales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hamamelidae, ↑subclass Hamamelidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Fagaceae, ↑family Fagaceae, ↑beech family, ↑Betulaceae, ↑family Betulaceae, ↑birch family

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\\fəˈgā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Fagus + -ales

: an order of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs distinguished chiefly by the inferior unilocular ovary containing two or more ovules

Useful english dictionary. 2012.