Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels;
contains 43 families including Campanulales;
Solanaceae;
Scrophulariaceae;
Labiatae;
Verbenaceae;
Rubiaceae;
Compositae;
sometimes classified as a superorder;
[syn: Asteridae, subclass Asteridae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subclass Asteridae
n 1: a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and
shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families
including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae;
Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes
classified as a superorder [syn: Asteridae, subclass
Asteridae]