Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of dicotyledonous, apetalous (monochlamydeous) plants, characterized chiefly by the thick, leathery, tubular, corolline calyx. It embraces the families Aristolochiaceæ, Rafflesiaceæ, and Hydnoraceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary. It includes the Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary
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