OPUNTIALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Opuntiales mean? 

• OPUNTIALES (noun)
  The noun OPUNTIALES has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses

  Familiarity information: OPUNTIALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPUNTIALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Opuntiales; order Opuntiales

Hypernyms ("Opuntiales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Opuntiales"):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)

Holonyms ("Opuntiales" is a member of...):

Caryophyllidae; subclass Caryophyllidae (a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder)