Associations to the word «Santalales»

Wiktionary

SANTALALES, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the clade core eudicots   — many diverse, mostly tropical, plants, including sandalwood and even mistletoe.

Dictionary definition

SANTALALES, noun. Order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats