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    CHENOPODIALES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Caryophyllales; Chenopodiales; order-Chenopodiales; order Caryophyllales

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Chenopodiales" is a kind of...):

    plant order (the order of plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Chenopodiales"):

    carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))

    Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae (succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds)

    amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)

    Batidaceae; family Batidaceae; saltwort family (family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts)

    Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)

    Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)

    family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family (chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma)

    family Portulacaceae; Portulacaceae; purslane family (family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas)

    Holonyms ("Chenopodiales" is a member of...):

    Caryophyllidae; subclass Caryophyllidae (a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder)

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