Definition of asteridae Asteridae

We found 2 definitions of asteridae from 2 different sources.

What does asteridae mean?

Noun
asteridae - a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder
		subclass Asteridae
		class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
		class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired 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
		asterid dicot family family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
		asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
		campanulales, order campanulales an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
		order rubiales, rubiales an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary