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[syn: Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae]
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:
Dilleniidae \Dilleniidae\ n.
a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs
and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas
and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; it
contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae
and Malvaceae; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
Syn: subclass Dilleniidae.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dilleniidae
n 1: a group of families of more or less advanced trees and
shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous
corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the
ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and
Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a
superorder [syn: Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae]