Opuntiales

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Opuntiales \Opuntiales\ prop. n.
     An order of plants coextensive with the family {Cactaceae},
     comprising the cactuses.
  
     Syn: order {Opuntiales}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Opuntiales
       n : coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses [syn: {order
           Opuntiales}]