subclass caryophyllidae
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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 (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | class, |
definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
member holonym | : | caryophylloid dicot family, |
definition | : | family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | caryophylloid dicot genus, |
definition | : | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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