-ales
-ales
suffix forming plural proper nouns
denoting plants belonging to an order: Rosales; Filicales.
[New Latin, from Latin, plural of -ālis -al1]
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-ales
a suffix of names of plant orders in botany: Cycadales.
[< New Latin]
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