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[syn: Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dicotyledonae
n 1: comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired
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,
Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida,
class Magnoliopsida]