Opuntiales (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The order Opuntiales is coextensive with the family Cactaceae, comprising all cactuses and their relatives.
- Cactuses belong to the order Opuntiales, which is a monotypic order, consisting of a single family, the Cactaceae.
- Opuntiales is an order of flowering plants that is coextensive with the family Cactaceae, including all species of cactuses.
- The Opuntiales order is synonymous with the family Cactaceae, which comprises over 1,500 species of cactuses.
- The monotypic order Opuntiales is equivalent to the family Cactaceae, which encompasses all cactuses and their close relatives.