Plumbaginales

plural noun

Plum·​bag·​i·​na·​les

: a small order of shrubby or herbaceous plants that is coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae and is often included in the order Primulales

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Plumbagin-, Plumbago + -ales

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