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Ebenales

plural noun
Eb·​e·​na·​les

Definition of Ebenales

: an order of dicotyledonous shrubs or trees having flowers with united petals and superior ovary and stamens borne on the corolla tube and constituting the families Ebenaceae, Sapotaceae, Styracaceae, and Symplocaceae

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History and Etymology for Ebenales

New Latin, from Latin ebenus + New Latin -ales

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