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Caryophyllales

Definition:

a plant order that corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae

Class:

plant noun (plants and fungi)

Plural:

Caryophyllales*
(* Caryophyllales may be used in a singular or plural context)

Original source:

WordNet

Synonym:

Chenopodiales [order]

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Reference links

Wikipedia:

Caryophyllales

Summary:

an order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, beets/chard/buckwheat/rhubarb, ice plants, tamarisks and many carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves. The Caryophyllales includes ...  (31 of 679 words, 6 images)

Britannica:

Caryophyllales

Summary:

pink or carnation order of dicotyledonous flowering plants. The order includes 33 families, which contain more than 11,000 species in 692 genera. ...  (22 of 103 words)

Wiktionary:

Caryophyllales

Summary:

[botany] A taxonomic order within class Magnoliopsida — very many common plants.  (11 of 20 words, 1 etymology)

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