Definition of dilleniidae Dilleniidae

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What does dilleniidae mean?

WordNet

Noun
dilleniidae - 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
		subclass Dilleniidae
		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
		dilleniid dicot family family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
		dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
		order papaverales, order rhoeadales, papaverales, rhoeadales an order of dicotyledonous plants
		malvales, order malvales Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
		ericales, order ericales Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
		hypericales, order hypericales, order parietales, parietales a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
		guttiferales, order guttiferales used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales