caryophyllidae

3 definitions found

caryophyllidae - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

caryophyllidae - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Caryophyllidae
      n 1: a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
           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:
           Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae]