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order Urticales

order Urticales

9.9
A group of related flowering plants that once included nettles, figs, and elms
  • noun
  • Archaic
: orden Urticales
  • The order Urticales once included families such as Moraceae and Ulmaceae.

Examples

  • Historically, the order Urticales encompassed a variety of plants, from figs to elms.

  • Botanists no longer classify nettles within the order Urticales in most modern systems.

  • The order Urticales includes many well-known plants.

  • Have you studied the order Urticales in botany class?

  • Historically, the order Urticales encompassed a variety of plants, from figs to elms.

  • Botanists no longer classify nettles within the order Urticales in most modern systems.

  • The order Urticales once included families such as Moraceae and Ulmaceae.

Synonyms

Urticales
vsorder Urticales
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of related flowering plants that includes figs and nettles

is the same taxonomic group but now treated as a former classification

Surface Forms

order Urticales singular
order Urticales plural

Morphology

order + Urticales

This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'order' (a taxonomic grouping) combined with the taxon name 'Urticales' yields the taxonomic order called Urticales. Taxonomic naming follows a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Order Urticales comes from scientific Latin: Urtica is the word for 'nettle' and -ales is the ending used for a plant order. So the name showed a group of nettle-like plants, such as figs and elms, which is why it was used for that plant group, though botanists now usually use other group names.