a plant order that corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
plant noun (plants and fungi)
Caryophyllales*
(* Caryophyllales may be used in a singular or plural context)
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Aizoaceae | Amaranthaceae | Batidaceae | Caryophyllaceae | Chenopodiaceae | Nyctaginaceae | Phytolaccaceae | Portulacaceae
Chenopodiales [order]
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)
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)
[botany] A taxonomic order within class Magnoliopsida — very many common plants. (11 of 20 words, 1 etymology)
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