subclass caryophyllidae

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subclass caryophyllidae - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  subclass 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]