English > Ericales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae. |
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| Synonym | order Ericales |
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| Member of | Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae | A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary |
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| Members | Clethraceae, family Clethraceae, white-alder family | coextensive with the genus Clethra |
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| Diapensiaceae, family Diapensiaceae, diapensia family | north temperate low evergreen plants |
| Epacridaceae, family Epacridaceae, epacris family | Australasian shrubs or small trees |
| Lennoaceae, family Lennoaceae | family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers |
| Monotropaceae, family Monotropaceae | Used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae |
| Pyrolaceae, family Pyrolaceae, wintergreen family | evergreen herbs of temperate regions |
| Narrower | Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family | heathers |
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| Broader | plant order | The order of plants |
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| Spanish | ericales, orden ericales |
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| Catalan | ericales, Ericales, Erical |
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