Dilleniidae

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]:

  Dilleniidae \Dilleniidae\ n.
     a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs
     and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas
     and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; it
     contains 69 families including {Ericaceae} and {Cruciferae}
     and {Malvaceae}; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
  
     Syn: subclass Dilleniidae.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dilleniidae
       n : a group of families of more or less advanced trees and
           shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or
           gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to
           the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including
           Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes
           classified as a superorder [syn: {subclass Dilleniidae}]