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from The Century Dictionary.
- A large order of dicotyledonous, chiefly choripetalous plants, characterized by regular flowers (except in the Violaceæ), usually numerous stamens, a compound ovary, and parietal placentæ (whence often called
Parietales ).
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- noun a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
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