ˌdīəˌpensēˈā(ˌ)lēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Diapensia + -ales
in some classifications : an order of low evergreen plants distinguished from those of the order Ericales by a tricarpellate ovary and stamens in two whorls of which one is reduced to staminodia — see diapensiaceae