English > order Geraniales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | An order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae. |
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| Synonym | Geraniales |
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| Member of | Rosidae, subclass Rosidae | A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers |
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| Members | Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae, balsam family | distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers |
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| Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family | resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees |
| Callitrichaceae, family Callitrichaceae | dicot aquatic herbs |
| Erythroxylaceae, family Erythroxylaceae | A family of plants of order Geraniales |
| Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family | A family of plants of order Geraniales |
| Geraniaceae, family Geraniaceae, geranium family | chiefly herbaceous plants |
| Lepidobotryaceae, family Lepidobotryaceae | family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive / distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families |
| Malpighiaceae, family Malpighiaceae | Tropical shrubs or trees |
| Meliaceae, family Meliaceae, mahogany family | Tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees |
| Oxalidaceae, family Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family | A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales |
| Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae, milkwort family | Trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres |
| Rutaceae, family Rutaceae, rue family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales |
| Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit |
| Tropaeolaceae, family Tropaeolaceae, nasturtium family | coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum |
| Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family | small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions |
| Broader | plant order | The order of plants |
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| Spanish | geraniales |
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| Catalan | geraniales, Geraniales |
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