Dicotyledonae

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]:

  Dicotyledonae
       n : 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}, {class
           Dicotyledonae}, {Magnoliopsida}, {class Magnoliopsida}]