noun
order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary
• Syn: ↑order Aristolochiales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms:
↑Aristolochiaceae, ↑family Aristolochiaceae, ↑birthwort family, ↑Rafflesiaceae, ↑family Rafflesiaceae, ↑Hydnoraceae, ↑family Hydnoraceae
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: an order of metachlamydeous dicotyledonous plants embracing the families Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae and distinguished by the tubular petaloid perianth, inferior ovary, and numerous stamens free from the perianth
Useful english dictionary. 2012.