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Definition of Dicotyledonae
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Class
Member holonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family, Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family, Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Exogen, Magnoliopsid, Magnoliidae, Ranalian Complex, Subclass Magnoliidae, Myricales, Order Myricales, Aristolochiales, Order Aristolochiales, Caryophyllidae, Subclass Caryophyllidae, Asteridae, Subclass Asteridae, Order Primulales, Primulales, Rosidae, Subclass Rosidae, Order Proteales, Proteales, Casuarinales, Order Casuarinales, Diapensiales, Order Diapensiales, Gentianales, Order Gentianales, Oleales, Order Oleales, Hamamelidae, Subclass Hamamelidae, Juglandales, Order Juglandales, Dilleniidae, Subclass Dilleniidae, Order Urticales, Urticales, Order Plantaginales, Plantaginales, Order Polygonales, Polygonales, Order Salicales, Salicales, Order Sapindales, Sapindales, Ebenales, Order Ebenales, Order Sarraceniales, Sarraceniales, Order Scrophulariales, Scrophulariales, Order Rhamnales, Rhamnales, Order Piperales, Piperales
Group relationships: Angiospermae, Anthophyta, Class Angiospermae, Division Anthophyta, Division Magnoliophyta, Magnoliophyta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicotyledonae
| Dicotyledonae (current term) Dicotyledones Dicranaceae Dicranales Dicranopteris Dicranum Dicrostonyx Dicrostonyx hudsonius Dictamnus alba Dictaphone | Dictyophera Dictyoptera Dictyostelium Dicynodontia Dida |
Literary usage of Dicotyledonae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... have thus far been isolated from several species of plants in five different
botanical orders of the Dicotyledonae.3~* Stimulus for the ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"... widely divergent 'groups in the Monocotyledonae and Dicotyledonae and there
is every reason to believe that it is widespread in the angio- sperms. ..."
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