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OLEALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oleales mean?
• OLEALES (noun)
The noun OLEALES has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales
Familiarity information: OLEALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Oleales; order Oleales
Hypernyms ("Oleales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Holonyms ("Oleales" is a member of...):
class Dicotyledonae; class Dicotyledones; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae; Dicotyledones; Magnoliopsida (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae)
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