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ORCHIDALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
Synonyms:
Orchidales; order Orchidales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Orchidales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Orchidales"):
family Orchidaceae; orchid family; Orchidaceae (enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers)
Burmanniaceae; family Burmanniaceae (family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers)
Holonyms ("Orchidales" is a member of...):
Liliidae; subclass Liliidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae)
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