ranalian complex

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ranalian complex - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ranalian complex
      n 1: 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:
           Magnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complex]