DICOT FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dicot family mean? 

• DICOT FAMILY (noun)
  The noun DICOT FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

  Familiarity information: DICOT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DICOT FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dicot family; magnoliopsid family

Hypernyms ("dicot family" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dicot family"):

family Plantaginaceae; Plantaginaceae; plantain family (cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds)

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)

Aquifoliaceae; family Aquifoliaceae; holly family (widely distributed shrubs and trees)

Aceraceae; family Aceraceae; maple family (a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples)

crowberry family; Empetraceae; family Empetraceae (heathlike shrubs)

Celastraceae; family Celastraceae; spindle-tree family; staff-tree family (trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits)

box family; Buxaceae; family Buxaceae (widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees)

family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)

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)

buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)

family Hippocastanaceae; Hippocastanaceae; horse-chestnut family (trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule)

family Linaceae; flax family; Linaceae (a widely distributed family of plants)

family Loganiaceae; Loganiaceae (a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales)

buckbean family; family Menyanthaceae; Menyanthaceae (a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales)

elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)

Cecropiaceae; family Cecropiaceae (in some classifications included in family Moraceae)

family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)

Cannabidaceae; family Cannabidaceae; hemp family (two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae)

family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)

family Roridulaceae; Roridulaceae (in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae)

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae (family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia)

Chloranthaceae; family Chloranthaceae (small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees)

family Piperaceae; pepper family; Piperaceae (tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets)

family Vitaceae; grapevine family; Vitaceae; Vitidaceae (a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales)

buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)

broomrape family; family Orobanchaceae; Orobanchaceae (brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)

Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)

family Trapaceae; Trapaceae (family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae)

Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)

family Nepenthaceae; Nepenthaceae (coextensive with the genus Nepenthes)

family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae (insectivorous plants)

family Styracaceae; storax family; Styracaceae; styrax family (a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales)

family Symplocaceae; sweetleaf family; Symplocaceae (a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales)

family Sapotaceae; sapodilla family; Sapotaceae (tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit)

Ebenaceae; ebony family; family Ebenaceae (fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon)

bladdernut family; family Staphylaceae; Staphylaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone)

Aristolochiaceae; birthwort family; family Aristolochiaceae (family of birthworts (including wild ginger))

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))

family Theophrastaceae; Theophrastaceae (family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae)

family Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family; Plumbaginaceae; sea-lavender family (perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas)

family Myrsinaceae; Myrsinaceae; myrsine family (family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida)

family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae (a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)

family Hydnoraceae; Hydnoraceae (a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants)

family Rafflesiaceae; Rafflesiaceae (a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales)

family Goodeniaceae; Goodenia family; Goodeniaceae (a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China)

Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)

corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae (coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order)

family Myricaceae; Myricaceae; wax-myrtle family (constituting the order Myricales)

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

asterid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

caryophylloid dicot family (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

hamamelid dicot family (family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)

family Haloragaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; Haloragidaceae; water-milfoil family (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales)

daphne family; family Thymelaeaceae; Thymelaeaceae (family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa)

family Rhizophoraceae; mangrove family; Rhizophoraceae (trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts)

family Punicaceae; Punicaceae (one species: pomegranates)

family Nyssaceae; Nyssaceae; sour-gum family; tupelo family (a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees)

family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)

family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae (herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers)

family Lecythidaceae; Lecythidaceae (large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins)

family Lobeliaceae; lobelia family; Lobeliaceae (not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae)

Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family (shrubs or small trees often armed)

Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)

family Juglandaceae; Juglandaceae; walnut family (trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans)

family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)

family Salvadoraceae; Salvadora family; Salvadoraceae (a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals)

family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)

Casuarinaceae; family Casuarinaceae (one genus: genus Casuarina)

family Proteaceae; protea family; Proteaceae (large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales)

Holonyms ("dicot family" is a member of...):

class Dicotyledonae; class Dicotyledones; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae; Dicotyledones; Magnoliopsida (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)