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Definition of Ranales
1. Noun. Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Magnoliidae, Ranalian Complex, Subclass Magnoliidae
Member holonyms: Annonaceae, Custard-apple Family, Family Annonaceae, Barberry Family, Berberidaceae, Family Berberidaceae, Calycanthaceae, Calycanthus Family, Family Calycanthaceae, Strawberry-shrub Family, Ceratophyllaceae, Family Ceratophyllaceae, Cercidiphyllaceae, Family Cercidiphyllaceae, Family Lardizabalaceae, Lardizabala Family, Lardizabalaceae, Family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, Laurel Family, Family Magnoliaceae, Magnolia Family, Magnoliaceae, Family Menispermaceae, Menispermaceae, Moonseed Family, Family Myristicaceae, Myristicaceae, Nutmeg Family, Family Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Water-lily Family, Family Paeoniaceae, Paeoniaceae, Peony Family, Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae, Family Winteraceae, Winter's Bark Family, Winteraceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ranales
Literary usage of Ranales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"The flowers of the Ranales almost always have Fio. 408. ... Some of the Ranales
show anomalies in the structure of the tissues, which also suggest a ..."
2. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"CALYCANTHACEAE IN Ranales 143 Leaves alternate, with stipules ROSA IN ROSALES
... UMBO IN Ranales 145 Pistils more than one, separate, not enclosed in the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Ranales. Trees, shrubs or woody vines or herbaceous plants, ... This order, like
the Malvales, is to be looked upon as derived from the Ranales. ..."
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