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Definition of Santalales

1. Noun. Order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Santalales

Literary usage of Santalales

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

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The Santalales are widely distributed. The majority of the species are tropical and sub-tropical. ..."

2. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1895)
"Santalales. Parasitic plants: leaves, when present, entire : stamens equal in number to the leaves of the perianth and superposed upon them : ovary inferior ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"Order Santalales. The Santalales are a group of plants with very ... In general the Santalales are distinguished by the more or less inferior ovary, ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... and Macadamia ternifolia (Queensland nut). Banksia and Protea furnish important bee-plants. Order 30. Santalales 60. Loranthaceae (from the genus ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Santalales. (Order 7, PROTEALES, extensively developed in the southern hemisphere, is not represented in our area. ) Tree-parasites, with opposite leaves or ..."

6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The Santalales are widely distributed. The majority of the species are tropical and sub-tropical. ..."

7. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1895)
"Santalales. Parasitic plants: leaves, when present, entire : stamens equal in number to the leaves of the perianth and superposed upon them : ovary inferior ..."

8. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"Order Santalales. The Santalales are a group of plants with very ... In general the Santalales are distinguished by the more or less inferior ovary, ..."

9. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... and Macadamia ternifolia (Queensland nut). Banksia and Protea furnish important bee-plants. Order 30. Santalales 60. Loranthaceae (from the genus ..."

10. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Santalales. (Order 7, PROTEALES, extensively developed in the southern hemisphere, is not represented in our area. ) Tree-parasites, with opposite leaves or ..."

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