santalales

from The Century Dictionary.

• An order of dicotyledonous archichlamydeous (mostly apotalous) plants, characterized chiefly by diœcious or hermaphrodite flowers with the ovary inferior and one-celled. It embraces seven families, of which the most important are the Santalaceæ, Loranthacese, Balanophoraceæ, and Olacaceæ.

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• noun order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots