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order Filicales

order Filicales

9.9
A large group of ferns that make their spores in a special small case
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrdər fɪlɪˈkeɪliz/
  • Specialized
: orden Filicales
  • Many of the most familiar ferns belong to the order Filicales.

Examples

  • The order Filicales is characterized by leptosporangiate spore development.

  • Did you know that the order Filicales is the largest group of living ferns?

  • Botanists have long debated the evolutionary origins of the order Filicales.

  • The order Filicales includes many species of ferns.

  • Many of the most familiar ferns belong to the order Filicales.

  • The order Filicales is characterized by leptosporangiate spore development.

  • Did you know that the order Filicales is the largest group of living ferns?

Synonyms

Filicales
vsorder Filicales
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of ferns that includes most living fern species

is the same meaning but explicitly shows the taxonomic rank in the name

Surface Forms

order Filicales singular
order Filicales plural

Morphology

order + Filicales

The noun phrase combines 'order' (a taxonomic rank) with the taxon name 'Filicales', so its meaning—'the taxonomic order called Filicales'—is directly derivable from the constituents. Although the term is specialist, this compositional pattern is standard in biology and cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows both words would understand it.

Etymology

Order Filicales comes from old Latin words for 'fern' and 'group'. The Latin word filix meant 'fern', so scientists named the whole group Filicales and the word order shows it is a group of related ferns.