PIPERALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Piperales mean? 

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

1. Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIPERALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

order Piperales; Piperales

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

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)