Rhamnales

plural noun

Rham·​na·​les

ramˈnā(ˌ)lēz

: an order of dicotyledonous woody plants in which the stamens are equal in number with the sepals and alternate with them and the ovary is surrounded by a disk

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Rhamnus + -ales

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