Rhizophorales

Rhizophorales

[¦rīz·ə·fȯ′rā·lēz]

(botany)

An order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, class Magnoliopsida; mostly tanniferous trees and shrubs with leaves opposite, simple, and entire, and flowers regular, mostly perfect, and variously perigynous or epigynous.

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