NOUN | plant | Santalales, order Santalales | order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary |
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Meaning | Order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots. | |
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Synonym | order Santalales | |
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 |
Members | Loranthaceae, family Loranthaceae, mistletoe family | In some classification includes Viscaceae |
Santalaceae, family Santalaceae, sandalwood family | chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit | |
Viscaceae, family Viscaceae, mistletoe family | In some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae | |
Broader | plant order | The order of plants |
Spanish | santalales | |
Catalan | santalales, Santalales |
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