caryophyllidae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Caryophyllidae \Caryophyllidae\ n.
   a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
   free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate
   pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14
   families including: {Caryophyllaceae} (carnations and pinks);
   {Aizoaceae}; {Amaranthaceae}; {Batidaceae}; {Chenopodiaceae};
   {Cactaceae} (order {Opuntiales}); {Nyctaginaceae};
   {Phytolaccaceae}; it corresponds approximately to order
   {Caryophyllales}; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.

   Syn: subclass Caryophyllidae.
        [WordNet 1.5]