Definition of Fagales

1. Noun. An order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Fagales

Fabs
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Fachtna Fáthach
Factors I XII
Faded Giant
Faded Giants
Faden suture
Faeroe Islands
Faeroes
Faeroese
Fafnir
Fagaceae
Fagales (current term)
Fagatogo
Faget's sign
Fagin
Fagopyrum
Fagopyrum esculentum
Fagus
Fagus americana
Fagus grandifolia
Fagus pendula
Fagus purpurea
Fagus sylvatica
Fagus sylvatica atropunicea
Fagus sylvatica pendula

Literary usage of Fagales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"The Beech family, order Fagales: A, inflorescence of oak (Quer- cus)—s, staminate ament; p, ... Flower and fruit of the beech (Fagus), order Fagales: A, ..."

2. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"This is an alliance parallel with the Juglandales and Fagales, with the distinct and bracteate perianth, which, as in Fagales, is definitely cyclic. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"Remains of the cypress (Taxodium) and the gum (Nyssa) which are usually present in deposits of this age have not been detected. Fagales Carpinus caroliniana ..."

4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"... the Maryland Pleistocene have not yet been found in North Carolina. Fagales CARPINUS CAROLINIANA Walt. ..."

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