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Dicotyledonae n. (Bot.) A class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two 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.

Synonyms: Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Dicotyledonae" : subclass Asteridae, subclass Rosidae, Casuarinales, order Casuarinales, Scrophulariales, order Juglandales, ranalian complex, Gentianales, class, Dicotyledones, monocot family, order Piperales, Hamamelidae, Urticales, order Aristolochiales, Polygonales, dicot family, Angiospermae, Asteridae, magnoliopsid family, division Magnoliophyta, magnoliopsid, Salicales, liliopsid family, order Oleales, Sapindales, dicot, subclass Dilleniidae, Aristolochiales, Magnoliidae, order Sarraceniales, order Salicales, order Plantaginales, class Dicotyledonae, Rosidae, Anthophyta, Piperales, Magnoliophyta, order Scrophulariales, Oleales, Rhamnales, class Dicotyledones, Dilleniidae, order Proteales, subclass Caryophyllidae, class Magnoliopsida, Myricales, order Rhamnales, order Primulales, Magnoliopsida, order Myricales, class Angiospermae, Ebenales, order Ebenales, dicotyledon, Plantaginales, subclass Magnoliidae, Primulales, exogen, order Urticales, Caryophyllidae, Sarraceniales, Juglandales, subclass Hamamelidae, order Gentianales, dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, order Sapindales, Proteales