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Sapindales

Sapindales

9.9
A group of flowering plants that includes citrus, cashew, and mahogany
  • noun
  • /sæˈpɪnˌdeɪlz/
  • Specialized
: Sapindales
  • The citrus fruits we eat belong to the order Sapindales.

Examples

  • The order Sapindales includes plants such as the cashew and horse chestnut.

  • Biologists study the evolutionary relationships among families within Sapindales.

  • The Sapindales order includes many economically important plants.

  • Did you know that Sapindales includes the citrus family?

  • The citrus fruits we eat belong to the order Sapindales.

  • Biologists study the evolutionary relationships among families within Sapindales.

  • The order Sapindales includes plants such as the cashew and horse chestnut.

Surface Forms

Sapindales singular
Sapindaleses singular

Etymology

Sapindales comes from the family name Sapindaceae, which is built from the genus Sapindus and the Latin word sapo meaning 'soap' because soapberry fruits make a sudsy foam. So Sapindales is the order of related plants that includes those 'soap' relatives and other familiar plants like citrus, cashew and mahogany.