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Diapensiales
plural noun
Di·a·pen·si·a·les
\ˌdīəˌpensēˈā(ˌ)lēz\
Definition of Diapensiales
in some classifications
: an order of low evergreen plants distinguished from those of the order Ericales by a tricarpellate ovary and stamens in two whorls of which one is reduced to staminodia — see diapensiaceae
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Origin and Etymology of diapensiales
New Latin, from Diapensia + -ales
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