'Magnoliidae' definitions:
Definition of 'Magnoliidae'
(from WordNet)
noun
A group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder [syn: Magnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complex]
Definition of 'Magnoliidae'
From: GCIDE
- Dicotyledonae \Dicotyledonae\ n. (Bot.) a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two 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.
- Syn: Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Magnoliidae'
From: GCIDE
- Magnoliidae \Magnoliidae\ n. a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder.
- Syn: subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complex. [WordNet 1.5]