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English noun: Asteridae

1. Asteridae (plant) a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder


Synonymssubclass Asteridae


Broader (hypernym)class


Member holonymasterid dicot family, asterid dicot genus, Campanulales, order Campanulales, order Polemoniales, order Rubiales, Polemoniales, Rubiales


Member meronymclass Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida









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