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ORDER PIPERALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae
Synonyms:
order Piperales; Piperales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Piperales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Piperales"):
family Piperaceae; pepper family; Piperaceae (tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets)
Chloranthaceae; family Chloranthaceae (small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees)
family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae (family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia)
Holonyms ("order Piperales" is a member of...):
class Dicotyledonae; class Dicotyledones; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae; Dicotyledones; Magnoliopsida (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae)
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