subclass Caryophyllidae, n.
a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
<noun.plant>
Caryophyllidae subclass Caryophyllidae
semantic pointers
hypernym
member meronym
caryophylloid dicot family
caryophylloid dicot genus
Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales
Opuntiales, order Opuntiales
member holonym