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[syn: Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dicotyledonae \Dicotyledonae\ n. (Bot.)
a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce
an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided
into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or
superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered
primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive
offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups:
Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
Syn: Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae,
Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Caryophyllidae \Caryophyllidae\ n.
a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate
pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14
families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks);
Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae;
Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae;
Phytolaccaceae; it corresponds approximately to order
Caryophyllales; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
Syn: subclass Caryophyllidae.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Caryophyllidae
n 1: a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate
pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14
families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks);
Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae;
Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae;
Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order
Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder [syn:
Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae]