noun
families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae
• Syn: ↑order Pandanales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arecidae, ↑subclass Arecidae
• Member Meronyms:
↑Pandanaceae, ↑family Pandanaceae, ↑screw-pine family, ↑Typhaceae, ↑family Typhaceae, ↑cattail family, ↑Sparganiaceae, ↑family Sparganiaceae, ↑bur-reed family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of monocotyledonous plants including the families Typhaceae, Sparganiaceae, and Pandanaceae and distinguished by monoecious or dioecious flowers without a perianth that are borne in close spikes or heads and ovules with mealy or fleshy endosperm
Useful english dictionary. 2012.