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ORDER OPUNTIALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Opuntiales mean?
• ORDER OPUNTIALES (noun)
The noun ORDER OPUNTIALES has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
Familiarity information: ORDER OPUNTIALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Opuntiales; order Opuntiales
Hypernyms ("order Opuntiales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Opuntiales"):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
Holonyms ("order 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)
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