taxales

Noun
  1. Coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews (synset 111681299)
    is a type of: plant order - the order of plants
    belongs to: class coniferopsida, coniferophyta, coniferophytina, coniferopsida, subdivision coniferophytina - cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)
    same as: order taxales

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