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malvales
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malvales has 1 sense
- malvales(n = noun.plant) order malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae; Array is a kind of plant order
is a member of dilleniidae, subclass dilleniidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
malvales, n.
A natural order of plants including the families Malvaceae , Bombacaceae , Elaeocarpaceae , Sterculiaceae , and Tiliaceae . [WordNet 1.5]
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