Words: Dicotyledones class Dicotyledones Dicotyledonae class Dicotyledonae Magnoliopsida class Magnoliopsida
Part of speech: n
Definition: 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