Asteridae

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dicotyledonae \Dicotyledonae\ n. (Bot.)
     a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce
     an embryo with two 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, class Dicotyledonae,
          Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Asteridae
       n : 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: {subclass Asteridae}]