- Primulales
- nounPrimulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae• Syn: ↑order Primulales• Hypernyms: ↑plant order• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida• Member Meronyms:↑Primulaceae, ↑family Primulaceae, ↑primrose family, ↑Myrsinaceae, ↑family Myrsinaceae, ↑myrsine family, ↑Plumbaginales, ↑order Plumbaginales, ↑Plumbaginaceae, ↑family Plumbaginaceae, ↑leadwort family, ↑sea-lavender family, ↑Theophrastaceae, ↑family Theophrastaceae
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized: an order of gamopetalous pentamerous dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, or trees that includes the families Primulaceae, Theophrastaceae, and Myrsinaceae and is distinguished by the one-celled ovary with free-central placentation — see plumbaginales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.