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Botany.
a suffix of names of orders: Cycadales.
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Origin of -ales
<Latin plural of -ālis-al1
Words nearby -ales
Aleppo gall, Aleppo pine, alerce, alerion, alert, -ales, Alesia, Alessandra, Alessandri, Alessandria, Alessandro
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British Dictionary definitions for -ales
-ales
suffix forming plural proper nouns
denoting plants belonging to an orderRosales; Filicales
Word Origin for -ales
New Latin, from Latin, plural of -ālis -al 1
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