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Definition of Order orchidales
1. Noun. Order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Member holonyms: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae, Burmanniaceae, Family Burmanniaceae
Group relationships: Liliidae, Subclass Liliidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Orchidales
Literary usage of Order orchidales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"... Order ORCHIDALES. Terrestrial, aquatic, or epiphytic herbs. Leaves usually
fleshy, sometimes scale-like. Flowers mostly perfect and complete, ..."
2. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"3. The lily order, Liliales, a large group of almost 5000 species, remarkable
for the showiness and symmetry of its flowers. 4. The orchid order, Orchidales ..."
3. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The lily order, Liliales, a large group of almost 5000 species, remarkable for
the showiness and symmetry of its flowers. 4. The orchid order, Orchidales, ..."
4. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"Zingiberaceae. Family 42. Cannaceae. Perennial herbs with pin- nately-veined
leaves and irregular flowers.—Canna. Family 43. Marantaceae. Order ORCHIDALES. ..."
5. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"... rhizome of which yields the starch, MARANTA ARROWROOT (Fig. 88, -B), and is
largely used in the preparation of infants' food. IX. order orchidales OR ..."
6. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"... rhizome of which yields the starch, MARANTA. ARROWROOT (Fig. 88, B), and is
largely used in the preparation of infants' food. • IX. order orchidales OR ..."
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