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ranalian complex - a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder | ||
Magnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidae | ||
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 | ||
magnoliid dicot family family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms | ||
magnoliid dicot genus genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |