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Sarraceniales

noun

plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae

• Syn: ↑order Sarraceniales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida

• Member Meronyms:

↑Sarraceniaceae, ↑family Sarraceniaceae, ↑pitcher-plant family, ↑pitcher plant, ↑Nepenthaceae, ↑family Nepenthaceae, ↑Droseraceae, ↑family Droseraceae, ↑sundew family, ↑Roridulaceae, ↑family Roridulaceae

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sarracenia + -ales

: an order of dicotyledonous plants constituting the families Sarraceniaceae, Nepenthaceae, and Droseraceae and having scapose flowers and leaves that secrete a viscous fluid and are variously modified to serve as insect traps

Useful english dictionary. 2012.