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Thesaurus: suborder

A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae.

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  1. n. A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae.
  2. n. (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
  3. A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositæ.
  4. A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lowerrank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family;as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositæ.
  5. n. (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order