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Opuntiales

noun

coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses

• Syn: ↑order Opuntiales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllidae, ↑subclass Caryophyllidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family

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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷chēˈā(ˌ)lēz, -tēˈā-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Opuntia + -ales

: an order of succulent dicotyledonous plants coextensive with the family Cactaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.