dilleniidae

3 definitions found

dilleniidae - 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]

  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]

dilleniidae - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dilleniidae
      n 1: 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: Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae]