HyperDic: asterid_dicot_family

English > 1 sense of the expression asterid dicot family:
NOUNplantasterid dicot familyfamily of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
English > asterid dicot family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfamily of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs.
Member ofAsteridae, subclass AsteridaeA group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels
NarrowerAcanthaceae, family Acanthaceae, acanthus familywidely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees
Ambrosiaceae, family AmbrosiaceaeIn some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds
Avicenniaceae, family AvicenniaceaeUsed in some classifications
Bignoniaceae, family BignoniaceaeTrees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules
Caprifoliaceae, family Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle familyshrubs and small trees and woody vines
Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster familyplants with heads composed of many florets
Dipsacaceae, family Dipsacaceaechiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
Gesneriaceae, family Gesneriaceae, gesneria familylarge family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas
Hydrophyllaceae, family Hydrophyllaceae, waterleaf familyperennial woodland herbs
Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint familyA large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint
Polemoniaceae, family Polemoniaceae, phlox familyA widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales
Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder familywidely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs
Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove familyA family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato familylarge and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous
Valerianaceae, family Valerianaceae, valerian familygenus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor
Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae, verbena family, vervain familyfamily of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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