Definition of subclass caryophyllidae Subclass caryophyllidae
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| subclass caryophyllidae - 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 | ||
| Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae | ||
| 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 | ||
| caryophylloid dicot family family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers | ||
| caryophylloid dicot genus genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers | ||
| caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order-chenopodiales, order caryophyllales corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae | ||
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