WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

class 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]