English > dicot family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination. |
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| Synonym | magnoliopsid family |
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| Member of | Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida | Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves |
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| Narrower | Aceraceae, family Aceraceae, maple family | A family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples |
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| Amygdalaceae, family Amygdalaceae | Used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus |
| Anacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family | The cashew family |
| Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family | chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers |
| Aquifoliaceae, family Aquifoliaceae, holly family | widely distributed shrubs and trees |
| Aristolochiaceae, family Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family | family of birthworts (including wild ginger) |
| Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family | widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales |
| Buxaceae, family Buxaceae, box family | widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees |
| Cannabidaceae, family Cannabidaceae, hemp family | Two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera ... / genera Cannabis and Humulus |
| Casuarinaceae, family Casuarinaceae | One genus |
| Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae | In some classifications included in family Moraceae |
| Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family | Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits |
| Chloranthaceae, family Chloranthaceae | small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees |
| Combretaceae, family Combretaceae, combretum family | A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales |
| Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family | morning glory |
| Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family | A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) |
| Droseraceae, family Droseraceae, sundew family | A family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs |
| Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae, ebony family | fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon |
| Elaeagnaceae, family Elaeagnaceae, oleaster family | shrubs or small trees often armed |
| Empetraceae, family Empetraceae, crowberry family | heathlike shrubs |
| Gentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian family | chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers |
| Goodeniaceae, family Goodeniaceae, Goodenia family | A family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China |
| Haloragidaceae, family Haloragidaceae, Haloragaceae, family Haloragaceae, water-milfoil family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales |
| Hippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family | Trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule |
| Hydnoraceae, family Hydnoraceae | A family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants |
| Juglandaceae, family Juglandaceae, walnut family | Trees having usually edible nuts |
| Lecythidaceae, family Lecythidaceae | large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins |
| Leitneriaceae, family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family | coextensive with the genus Leitneria |
| Linaceae, family Linaceae, flax family | A widely distributed family of plants |
| Lobeliaceae, family Lobeliaceae, lobelia family | not recognized in all classification systems |
| Loganiaceae, family Loganiaceae | A dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales |
| Lythraceae, family Lythraceae, loosestrife family | herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers |
| Menyanthaceae, family Menyanthaceae, buckbean family | A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales |
| Moraceae, family Moraceae, mulberry family | Trees or shrubs having a milky juice |
| Myricaceae, family Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family | constituting the order Myricales |
| Myrsinaceae, family Myrsinaceae, myrsine family | family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs |
| Myrtaceae, family Myrtaceae, myrtle family | Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil |
| Nepenthaceae, family Nepenthaceae | coextensive with the genus Nepenthes |
| Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family | A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees |
| Oleaceae, family Oleaceae, olive family | Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits |
| Orobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae, broomrape family | brown or yellow leafless herbs |
| Piperaceae, family Piperaceae, pepper family | Tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets |
| Plantaginaceae, family Plantaginaceae, plantain family | cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs |
| Plumbaginaceae, family Plumbaginaceae, leadwort family, sea-lavender family | perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas |
| Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family | A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone |
| Primulaceae, family Primulaceae, primrose family | A dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower |
| Proteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea family | large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers |
| Punicaceae, family Punicaceae | One species |
| Rafflesiaceae, family Rafflesiaceae | A family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales |
| Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family | Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value |
| Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family | Trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts |
| Roridulaceae, family Roridulaceae | In some classifications included in the family Droseraceae |
| Salvadoraceae, family Salvadoraceae, Salvadora family | A family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales |
| Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family | chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh |
| Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceae, sapodilla family | Tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit |
| Sarraceniaceae, family Sarraceniaceae, pitcher-plant family | insectivorous plants |
| Saururaceae, family Saururaceae, lizard's-tail family | family of perennial aromatic herbs |
| Staphylaceae, family Staphylaceae, bladdernut family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone |
| Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family | A widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales |
| Symplocaceae, family Symplocaceae, sweetleaf family | A dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales |
| Theophrastaceae, family Theophrastaceae | family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae |
| Thymelaeaceae, family Thymelaeaceae, daphne family | family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough / tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa |
| Trapaceae, family Trapaceae | family comprising solely the genus Trapa |
| Ulmaceae, family Ulmaceae, elm family | A dicot family of the order Urticales including |
| Urticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle family | A family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs |
| Vitaceae, family Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, grapevine family | A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales |
| asterid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
| caryophylloid dicot family | family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
| hamamelid dicot family | family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins |
| magnoliid dicot family | family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
| rosid dicot family | A family of dicotyledonous plants |
| Broader | family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera |
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| Spanish | dicotiledóneas |
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| Catalan | dicotiledònies |
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