Magnoliidae

3 definitions found

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

  Magnoliidae \Magnoliidae\ n.
     a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having
     well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally
     regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants;
     contains 36 families including {Magnoliaceae} and
     {Ranunculaceae}; sometimes classified as a superorder.


  
     Syn: subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complex.
          [WordNet 1.5]

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]:

  Magnoliidae
       n : a group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having
           well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and
           generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering
           plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and
           Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder [syn:
            {subclass Magnoliidae}, {ranalian complex}]