Caryophyllidae

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

  Caryophyllidae \Caryophyllidae\ n.
     a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
     free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate
     pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14
     families including: {Caryophyllaceae} (carnations and pinks);
     {Aizoaceae}; {Amaranthaceae}; {Batidaceae}; {Chenopodiaceae};
     {Cactaceae} (order {Opuntiales}); {Nyctaginaceae};
     {Phytolaccaceae}; it corresponds approximately to order
     {Caryophyllales}; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
  
     Syn: subclass Caryophyllidae.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Caryophyllidae
       n : a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
           free-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: {subclass Caryophyllidae}]