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ORDER GRAMINALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grasses; sedges; rushes
Synonyms:
Graminales; order Graminales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Graminales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Graminales"):
family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)
Cyperaceae; family Cyperaceae; sedge family (bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant)
Holonyms ("order Graminales" is a member of...):
Commelinidae; subclass Commelinidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae)
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