Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: class: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders → 1
Candidate hypernym: pier arch: an arch supported on piers → 0
Candidate hypernym: deus ex machina: any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty → 0
Candidate hypernym: anthroposophy: a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education → 0
Candidate hypernym: ammodytes: type genus of the Ammodytidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: birch beer: carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees → 0
Candidate hypernym: field: the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it → 0
Candidate hypernym: lepidodendrales: fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous → 0
Candidate hypernym: twist: turning or twisting around (in place) → 0
Candidate hypernym: mojave aster: wild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah → 0
Candidate hypernym: wild celery: herb of Europe and temperate Asia → 0