Diapensiales

plural noun

Di·​a·​pen·​si·​a·​les

ˌdīəˌpensēˈā(ˌ)lēz

in some classifications

: an order of low evergreen plants distinguished from those of the order Ericales by a tricarpellate ovary and stamens in two whorls of which one is reduced to staminodia see diapensiaceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Diapensia + -ales

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