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Definition of Taxales
1. Noun. Coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Class Coniferopsida, Coniferophyta, Coniferophytina, Coniferopsida, Subdivision Coniferophytina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxales
Literary usage of Taxales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... Juniperus (junipers), Thuya (arbor- vitae), Tsuga (hemlocks). Order 90. taxales.
The plants of this order resemble closely those of the preceding one, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"taxales. See PALEOBOTANY. TAXATION. What Is a Tax? —A distinction must be made
between a tax and the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"taxales. See PALEOBOTANY. TAXATION. What Is a Tax? —A distinction must be made
between a tax and the ..."
4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"It is proposed to place them in a separate group the taxales, distinct from
Coniferales and nearer Ginkgo.—WP Thompson. 575. ST. JOHN, HAROLD. ..."
5. The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution: A Study of Bioenergics by John Muirhead Macfarlane (1918)
"But, while the stem structure, the flowers, and the fruit of the Ginkgoales and
taxales show many marked points of affinity, the condensed leafage of the ..."
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