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Fagales

Fagales

9.9
A group of trees and shrubs that includes oaks, beeches, and birches
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Fagales
  • The Fagales include many important timber-producing trees such as oaks and beeches.

Examples

  • Researchers studied the evolutionary history of the Fagales to better understand global forest diversity.

  • Several members of the Fagales are valued for their edible nuts, including walnuts and chestnuts.

  • The Fagales order includes many important trees.

  • Many species in the Fagales are valued for their timber.

  • Researchers studied the evolutionary history of the Fagales to better understand global forest diversity.

  • Several members of the Fagales are valued for their edible nuts, including walnuts and chestnuts.

  • The Fagales include many important timber-producing trees such as oaks and beeches.

Synonyms

order Fagales
vsFagales
  • Specialized
9.7

A group of trees like oaks, beeches, and birches

is the same taxonomic group stated without the subclass detail

Compounds

order Fagales
  • Specialized
9.7

A group of trees like oaks, beeches, and birches

Surface Forms

Fagales singular
Fagales plural

Etymology

The word Fagales comes from the Latin Fagus, meaning 'beech', plus the ending -ales that names a group of related plants. So, Fagales is the group of trees and shrubs related to beeches, like oaks and birches.