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

• Syn: ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida

• Hypernyms: ↑class

• Member Holonyms: ↑Angiospermae, ↑class Angiospermae, ↑Magnoliophyta, ↑division Magnoliophyta, ↑Anthophyta, ↑division Anthophyta

• Member Meronyms:

↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family, ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family, ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus, ↑dicot, ↑dicotyledon, ↑magnoliopsid, ↑exogen, ↑Magnoliidae, ↑subclass Magnoliidae, ↑ranalian complex, ↑Myricales, ↑order Myricales, ↑Aristolochiales, ↑order Aristolochiales, ↑Caryophyllidae, ↑subclass Caryophyllidae, ↑Asteridae, ↑subclass Asteridae, ↑Primulales, ↑order Primulales, ↑Rosidae, ↑subclass Rosidae, ↑Proteales, ↑order Proteales, ↑Casuarinales, ↑order Casuarinales, ↑Diapensiales, ↑order Diapensiales, ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales, ↑Oleales, ↑order Oleales, ↑Hamamelidae, ↑subclass Hamamelidae, ↑Juglandales, ↑order Juglandales, ↑Dilleniidae, ↑subclass Dilleniidae, ↑Urticales, ↑order Urticales, ↑Plantaginales, ↑order Plantaginales, ↑Polygonales, ↑order Polygonales, ↑Salicales, ↑order Salicales, ↑Sapindales, ↑order Sapindales, ↑Ebenales, ↑order Ebenales, ↑Sarraceniales, ↑order Sarraceniales, ↑Scrophulariales, ↑order Scrophulariales, ↑Rhamnales, ↑order Rhamnales, ↑Piperales, ↑order Piperales

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\(ˌ)dīˌkäd.^əlˈēd^ənˌēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin

in some classifications : dicotyledoneae