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ORDER TAXALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Taxales mean? 

ORDER TAXALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER TAXALES has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yewsplay

  Familiarity information: ORDER TAXALES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDER TAXALES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

order Taxales; Taxales

Hypernyms ("order Taxales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Holonyms ("order Taxales" is a member of...):

class Coniferopsida; Coniferophyta; Coniferophytina; Coniferopsida; subdivision Coniferophytina (cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian))


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