HyperDic: order_rubiales

English > 1 sense of the expression order Rubiales:
NOUNplantorder Rubiales, Rubialesan order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae
English > order Rubiales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAn order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary.
SynonymRubiales
Member ofAsteridae, subclass AsteridaeA group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels
MembersCaprifoliaceae, family Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle familyshrubs and small trees and woody vines
Dipsacaceae, family Dipsacaceaechiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder familywidely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs
Valerianaceae, family Valerianaceae, valerian familygenus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor
Broaderplant orderThe order of plants
Spanishrubiales
Catalanrubiales, rubials

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