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 |
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| Synonyms | subclass Asteridae |
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| Broader (hypernym) | class |
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| Member holonym | asterid dicot family, asterid dicot genus, Campanulales, order Campanulales, order Polemoniales, order Rubiales, Polemoniales, Rubiales |
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| Member meronym | class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida |
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