noun
Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae
• Syn: ↑order Piperales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms:
↑Piperaceae, ↑family Piperaceae, ↑pepper family, ↑Chloranthaceae, ↑family Chloranthaceae, ↑Saururaceae, ↑family Saururaceae, ↑lizard's-tail family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of apetalous dicotyledonous plants constituting the families Piperaceae, Saururaceae, and Chloranthaceae and having simple leaves and minute flowers in spikes with the perianth simple or lacking
Useful english dictionary. 2012.