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ROSID DICOT FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rosid dicot family mean? 

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

1. a family of dicotyledonous plantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ROSID DICOT FAMILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of dicotyledonous plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

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

Cephalotaceae; family Cephalotaceae (a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus)

family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)

family Lepidobotryaceae; Lepidobotryaceae (family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa)

family Oxalidaceae; Oxalidaceae; wood-sorrel family (a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers)

family Polygalaceae; milkwort family; Polygalaceae (trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres)

family Rutaceae; rue family; Rutaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent)

family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)

family Tropaeolaceae; nasturtium family; Tropaeolaceae (coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum)

bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)

family Malpighiaceae; Malpighiaceae (tropical shrubs or trees)

cunonia family; Cunoniaceae; family Cunoniaceae (trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere)

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)

Philadelphaceae; subfamily Philadelphaceae (one genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae)

family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)

family Platanaceae; plane-tree family; Platanaceae (coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees)

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)

Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

family Mimosaceae; Mimosaceae (family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae)

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)

Araliaceae; family Araliaceae; ivy family (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera)

evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae; Onagraceae (a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales)

family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; meadow-beauty family; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae (a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals)

Caesalpiniaceae; family Caesalpiniaceae (spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae)

Connaraceae; family Connaraceae; zebrawood family (mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae)

family Papilionacea; Papilionaceae (leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae)

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

balsam family; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae (distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers)

family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family (chiefly herbaceous plants)

Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)

Callitrichaceae; family Callitrichaceae (dicot aquatic herbs)

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

Rosidae; subclass Rosidae (a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae)


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