ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnā(ˌ)lēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin ebenus + New Latin -ales
: an order of dicotyledonous shrubs or trees having flowers with united petals and superior ovary and stamens borne on the corolla tube and constituting the families Ebenaceae, Sapotaceae, Styracaceae, and Symplocaceae