noun
order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
• Syn: ↑order Orchidales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliidae, ↑subclass Liliidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family, ↑Burmanniaceae, ↑family Burmanniaceae
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: an order of monocotyledonous plants with irregular flowers, an inferior compound ovary, and minute seeds that lack endosperm — see burmanniaceae, orchidaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.