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ORDER FAGALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
Synonyms:
Fagales; order Fagales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Fagales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Fagales"):
beech family; Fagaceae; family Fagaceae (chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus)
Betulaceae; birch family; family Betulaceae (monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis))
Holonyms ("order Fagales" is a member of...):
Hamamelidae; subclass Hamamelidae (a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder)
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