We found 3 definitions of sapindales from 3 different sources.
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sapindales - an order of dicotyledonous plants | ||
order Sapindales | ||
plant order the order of plants | ||
class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae | ||
family sapindaceae, sapindaceae, soapberry family chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins | ||
box family, buxaceae, family buxaceae widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees | ||
celastraceae, family celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits | ||
cyrilla family, cyrilliaceae, family cyrilliaceae, titi family shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia | ||
crowberry family, empetraceae, family empetraceae heathlike shrubs | ||
aceraceae, family aceraceae, maple family a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples | ||
aquifoliaceae, family aquifoliaceae, holly family widely distributed shrubs and trees | ||
anacardiaceae, family anacardiaceae, sumac family the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac | ||
family hippocastanaceae, hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule |