subclass dilleniidae

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

  subclass 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]