Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants);
contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks);
Aizoaceae;
Amaranthaceae;
Batidaceae;
Chenopodiaceae;
Cactaceae (order Opuntiales);
Nyctaginaceae;
Phytolaccaceae;
corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales;
sometimes classified as a superorder;
[syn: Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subclass Caryophyllidae
n 1: a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate
pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14
families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks);
Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae;
Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae;
Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order
Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder [syn:
Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae]