Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dicotyledonae

1 sense of dicotyledonae

Sense 1
Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class 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)
       => class -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)