Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ranal \Ra"nal\, a. (Bot.)
   Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.

   {Ranal alliance} (Bot.), a name proposed by Lindley for a
      group of natural orders, including Ranunculace[ae],
      Magnoliace[ae], Papaverace[ae], and others related to
      them.