class dicotyledones

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class dicotyledones - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  class Dicotyledones
      n 1: 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,
           Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida,
           class Magnoliopsida]