-ales


Botany.
  1. a suffix of names of orders: Cycadales.

Origin of -ales

1
<Latin plural of -ālis-al1

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-ales

suffix forming plural proper nouns
  1. denoting plants belonging to an order: Rosales; Filicales

Origin of -ales

1
New Latin, from Latin, plural of -ālis -al 1

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