English > rosid dicot family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A family of dicotyledonous plants. |
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| Member of | Rosidae, subclass Rosidae | A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers |
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| Narrower | Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family | Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas |
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| Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae, balsam family | distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers |
| Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family | resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees |
| Caesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae | Spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia |
| Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae | Alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae |
| Callitrichaceae, family Callitrichaceae | dicot aquatic herbs |
| Cephalotaceae, family Cephalotaceae | A family of plants of order Rosales |
| Connaraceae, family Connaraceae, zebrawood family | Mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees |
| Cornaceae, family Cornaceae, dogwood family | A rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including |
| Cunoniaceae, family Cunoniaceae, cunonia family | Trees or shrubs or climbers |
| Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family | A family of plants of order Geraniales |
| Geraniaceae, family Geraniaceae, geranium family | chiefly herbaceous plants |
| Hydrangeaceae, family Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family | sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae |
| Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family | A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods |
| Lepidobotryaceae, family Lepidobotryaceae | family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive / distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families |
| Malpighiaceae, family Malpighiaceae | Tropical shrubs or trees |
| Melastomataceae, family Melastomataceae, Melastomaceae, family Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family | A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales |
| Meliaceae, family Meliaceae, mahogany family | Tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees |
| Mimosaceae, family Mimosaceae | family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch |
| Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae |
| Onagraceae, family Onagraceae, evening-primrose family | A large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales |
| Oxalidaceae, family Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family | A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales |
| Papilionaceae, family Papilionacea | leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas |
| Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
| Philadelphaceae, subfamily Philadelphaceae | One genus |
| Platanaceae, family Platanaceae, plane-tree family | coextensive with the genus Platanus |
| Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae, milkwort family | Trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres |
| Rosaceae, family Rosaceae, rose family | A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales |
| Rutaceae, family Rutaceae, rue family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales |
| Saxifragaceae, family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family | A large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs |
| Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit |
| Tropaeolaceae, family Tropaeolaceae, nasturtium family | coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum |
| Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, Apiaceae, family Apiaceae, carrot family | plants having flowers in umbels |
| Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family | small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions |
| Broader | dicot family, magnoliopsid family | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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