Hypernym

plant order 1

noun

the order of plants

Member_meronym

Gnetopsida 1

noun

gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)

Gnetaceae 1

noun

plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum

Ephedraceae 1

noun

ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae

Welwitschiaceae 1

noun

in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae

Gnetales 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms

Synonyms

order Gnetales 1
chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms

Member_holonym

Gnetopsida 1

noun

gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)

Gnetaceae 1

noun

plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum

Ephedraceae 1

noun

ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae

Welwitschiaceae 1

noun

in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae