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Caryophyllidae

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: subclass Caryophyllidae.






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Words linked to "Caryophyllidae" :   order Opuntiales, Caryophyllales, class, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida, Chenopodiales, Dicotyledones, order-Chenopodiales, caryophylloid dicot family, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, Opuntiales, order Caryophyllales, class Dicotyledonae, caryophylloid dicot genus



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