Piperales

plural noun

Piper·​a·​les

: an order of apetalous dicotyledonous plants constituting the families Piperaceae, Saururaceae, and Chloranthaceae and having simple leaves and minute flowers in spikes with the perianth simple or lacking

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Piper + -ales

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