Definition of Opuntiales

1. Noun. Coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses.

Exact synonyms: Order Opuntiales
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Caryophyllidae, Subclass Caryophyllidae
Member holonyms: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opuntiales

Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome
Oporto
Oppenheim's reflex
Oppenheimer
Opportunity
Opposite Day
Oprah
Ops
Opsanus tau
Optez
Opuntia cholla
Opuntia lindheimeri
Opuntia tuna
Opuntiales
Opus Dei
Or.
Ora
Orabase
Oracle
Oracle of Apollo
Oradexon
Oral Roberts
Oram
Oran
Orange
Orange County

Literary usage of Opuntiales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... and opuntiales is not remarkable since they are all specialized types and the rather uniform habitats of the cacti and their relatively modern evolution ..."

2. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"... Sundews) and the Cacti (opuntiales) are among the most remarkable cases. ... Sapindales 8. Rhamnales 9. Malvales 10. Parietales 11. opuntiales 12. ..."

3. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"Order opuntiales. Stamens not more than twice as many as the petals. ... Loasaceae in Order opuntiales. Ovary with central or basal placentae. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"The Supplement, devoted to the families of flowering plants, contains the first portion of the Orders opuntiales and ..."

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