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order Salicales

order Salicales

9.9
A group of flowering trees that includes willows and poplars
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : orden Salicales
  • The order Salicales includes familiar trees such as willows and poplars.

Examples

  • The order Salicales includes various species of willows.

  • Scientists study the order Salicales to understand the diversity of flowering plants.

  • Recent classifications confirm that all species in the order Salicales belong solely to the family Salicaceae.

  • Are you familiar with the order Salicales?

  • Recent classifications confirm that all species in the order Salicales belong solely to the family Salicaceae.

  • The order Salicales includes familiar trees such as willows and poplars.

  • Scientists study the order Salicales to understand the diversity of flowering plants.

Synonyms

Salicales
vsorder Salicales
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of flowering plants that includes willows and poplars

is defined as coextensive with that family, covering the same plants
Salicaceae
vsorder Salicales
  • Specialized
9.9

A family of flowering trees and shrubs like willows and poplars with thin hanging flower clusters

is treated at a higher rank but defined as the same group as this family
willow family
vsorder Salicales
6.5

A group of trees and shrubs like willows and poplars that often have hairy flower clusters

is used at order rank but covers exactly the same group as this family

Surface Forms

order Salicales singular
order Salicales plural

Morphology

order + Salicales

The phrase simply combines the taxonomic headword 'order' with the proper name 'Salicales', so its meaning as the taxonomic group containing willows/poplar is directly derivable from the constituents. Although somewhat technical, this follows standard biological naming conventions (used cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.

Etymology

Order Salicales comes from the Latin word salix, which means 'willow'. An order is a way scientists group similar plants, so Salicales is the group named for willows and poplars and today it means 'a group of related flowering trees like willows and poplars'.