class dicotyledones

Noun

• comprising 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 offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Dicotyledones , class Dicotyledones , Dicotyledonae , class Dicotyledonae , Magnoliopsida , class Magnoliopsida