geraniales

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. A large order of dicotyledonous, chiefly choripetalous, plants, characterized by flowers with distinct petals and sepals, the stamens usually as many as the sepals and opposite them, and a superior compound ovary. The order embraces 20 families, of which the most important are the Geraniaceæ, Oxalidaceæ, Linaeeæ, Rutaceæ, Balsameaceæ, and Euphorbiaceæ.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae.