noun
coextensive with the family Myricaceae
• Syn: ↑order Myricales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida
• Member Meronyms: ↑Myricaceae, ↑family Myricaceae, ↑wax-myrtle family, ↑Leitneriaceae, ↑family Leitneriaceae, ↑corkwood family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of dicotyledonous plants coextensive with the family Myricaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.