HyperDic: class_magnoliopsida

English > 1 sense of the expression class Magnoliopsida:
NOUNplantclass Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsidacomprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves
English > class Magnoliopsida: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningComprising 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 / distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
SynonymsDicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida
Member ofAngiospermae, class Angiospermae, Magnoliophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Anthophyta, division AnthophytaComprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary
MembersAristolochiales, order AristolochialesOrder of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary
Asteridae, subclass AsteridaeA group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels
Caryophyllidae, subclass CaryophyllidaeA group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants)
Casuarinales, order CasuarinalesOrder of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas
Diapensiales, order DiapensialesUsed in some classifications
Dilleniidae, subclass DilleniidaeA group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary
Ebenales, order EbenalesTrees or shrubs of the families ... / families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae
Gentianales, order GentianalesAn order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers
Hamamelidae, subclass HamamelidaeA group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms
Juglandales, order Juglandalescoextensive with the family Juglandaceae
Magnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complexA group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants
Myricales, order Myricalescoextensive with the family Myricaceae
Oleales, order Olealescoextensive with the family Oleaceae
Piperales, order PiperalesPiperaceae
Plantaginales, order Plantaginalescoextensive with the family Plantaginaceae
Polygonales, order Polygonalescoextensive with the family Polygonaceae,
Primulales, order PrimulalesPrimulaceae
Proteales, order Protealescoextensive with the family Proteaceae
Rhamnales, order RhamnalesAn order of dicotyledonous plants
Rosidae, subclass RosidaeA group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers
Salicales, order Salicalescoextensive with the family Salicaceae
Sapindales, order SapindalesAn order of dicotyledonous plants
Sarraceniales, order Sarracenialesplants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps
Scrophulariales, order ScrophularialesUsed in some classification systems
Urticales, order UrticalesAn order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogenflowering plant with two cotyledons
dicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
monocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishdicotiledóneas, Dicotyledones
CatalanMagnoliopsida

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