HyperDic: opuntiales

English > 1 sense of the word Opuntiales:
NOUNplantOpuntiales, order Opuntialescoextensive with the family Cactaceae
English > Opuntiales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcoextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses.
Synonymorder Opuntiales
Member ofCaryophyllidae, subclass CaryophyllidaeA group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants)
MembersCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Broaderplant orderThe order of plants
Spanishopuntiales
Catalanopuntiales

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