HyperDic: order_opuntiales

English > 1 sense of the expression order Opuntiales:
NOUNplantorder Opuntiales, Opuntialescoextensive with the family Cactaceae
English > order Opuntiales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcoextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses.
SynonymOpuntiales
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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