order Rosales
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Noun | 1. | order Rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae plant order - the order of plants Connaraceae, family Connaraceae, zebrawood family - mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae Connarus, genus Connarus - large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae Rosidae, subclass Rosidae - a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens Cephalotaceae, family Cephalotaceae - a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus cunonia family, Cunoniaceae, family Cunoniaceae - trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere family Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family, Hydrangeaceae - sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae family Saxifragaceae, Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae - in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry family Platanaceae, plane-tree family, Platanaceae - coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees |
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