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Definition of Ranunculales
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 Ranunculales
Literary usage of Ranunculales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report (1913)
"Common. Order XVII. Ranunculales. Family 32. Ranunculaceae. 178. Caltha palustris,
Lin. Cowslip. ..."
2. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The buttercup order, Ranunculales, a large assemblage of about 4000 species, full
of interesting gradations in floral evolution, the buttercup family ..."
3. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia Wilmotte Henderson Henshaw (1915)
"Ranunculales XXVIII. NYMPH.EACE.E. WATER LILY FAMILY Aquatic perennial herbs with
horizontal rootstocks; leaves peltate or deeply cordate, involute from ..."
4. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The buttercup order, Ranunculales, a large assemblage of about 4000 species, full
of interesting gradations in floral evolution, the buttercup family ..."
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