Akademik

Orchidales

noun

order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae

• Syn: ↑order Orchidales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliidae, ↑subclass Liliidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family, ↑Burmanniaceae, ↑family Burmanniaceae

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Orchid-, Orchis + -ales

: an order of monocotyledonous plants with irregular flowers, an inferior compound ovary, and minute seeds that lack endosperm — see burmanniaceae, orchidaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.