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  • proper noun A taxonomic order within the class Magnoliopsida — many flowering plants.

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Examples

  • Rafflesia at all; it has now been moved to the order Malvales, which is a large group of largely shrubby flowering plants that includes the mallows, hollyhocks, hibiscus, okra, cotton, baobab and indeed Cistus.

    Heraclitean Fire 2010

  • Rafflesia at all; it has now been moved to the order Malvales, which is a large group of largely shrubby flowering plants that includes the mallows, hollyhocks, hibiscus, okra, cotton, baobab and indeed Cistus.

    Heraclitean Fire 2010

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