Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
class Magnoliopsida
    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]