» dicot family
Noun (1 meaning)
dicot family is a type of:
- family (noun) - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
types of dicot family:
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- Aristolochiaceae, family Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family (noun) - family of birthworts (including wild ginger)
- Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family (noun) - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales
- Buxaceae, family Buxaceae, box family (noun) - widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees
- Cannabidaceae, family Cannabidaceae, hemp family (noun) - two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus
- Casuarinaceae, family Casuarinaceae (noun) - one genus: genus Casuarina
- Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae (noun) - in some classifications included in family Moraceae
- Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family (noun) - trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
- Chloranthaceae, family Chloranthaceae (noun) - small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees
- Combretaceae, family Combretaceae, combretum family (noun) - a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
- Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family (noun) - morning glory
- Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family (noun) - a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
- Droseraceae, family Droseraceae, sundew family (noun) - a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs
- Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae, ebony family (noun) - fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
- Elaeagnaceae, family Elaeagnaceae, oleaster family (noun) - shrubs or small trees often armed
- Empetraceae, family Empetraceae, crowberry family (noun) - heathlike shrubs
- Gentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian family (noun) - chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers
- Goodeniaceae, family Goodeniaceae, Goodenia family (noun) - a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China
- Haloragidaceae, family Haloragidaceae, Haloragaceae, family Haloragaceae, water-milfoil family (noun) - a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales
- Hippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family (noun) - trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
- Hydnoraceae, family Hydnoraceae (noun) - a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants
- Juglandaceae, family Juglandaceae, walnut family (noun) - trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts
- Lecythidaceae, family Lecythidaceae (noun) - large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
- Leitneriaceae, family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family (noun) - coextensive with the genus Leitneria
- Linaceae, family Linaceae, flax family (noun) - a widely distributed family of plants
- Lobeliaceae, family Lobeliaceae, lobelia family (noun) - not recognized in all classification systems
- Loganiaceae, family Loganiaceae (noun) - a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales
- Lythraceae, family Lythraceae, loosestrife family (noun) - herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers
- Menyanthaceae, family Menyanthaceae, buckbean family (noun) - a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
- Moraceae, family Moraceae, mulberry family (noun) - trees or shrubs having a milky juice
- Myricaceae, family Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family (noun) - constituting the order Myricales
- Myrsinaceae, family Myrsinaceae, myrsine family (noun) - family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs
- Myrtaceae, family Myrtaceae, myrtle family (noun) - trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
- Nepenthaceae, family Nepenthaceae (noun) - coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
- Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family (noun) - a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
- Oleaceae, family Oleaceae, olive family (noun) - trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits
- Orobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae, broomrape family (noun) - brown or yellow leafless herbs
- Piperaceae, family Piperaceae, pepper family (noun) - tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
- Plantaginaceae, family Plantaginaceae, plantain family (noun) - cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs
- Plumbaginaceae, family Plumbaginaceae, leadwort family, sea-lavender family (noun) - perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas
- Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family (noun) - a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone
- Primulaceae, family Primulaceae, primrose family (noun) - a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower
- Proteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea family (noun) - large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
- Punicaceae, family Punicaceae (noun) - one species: pomegranates
- Rafflesiaceae, family Rafflesiaceae (noun) - a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
- Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family (noun) - trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
- Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family (noun) - trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
- Roridulaceae, family Roridulaceae (noun) - in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae
- Salvadoraceae, family Salvadoraceae, Salvadora family (noun) - a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales
- Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family (noun) - chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh
- Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceae, sapodilla family (noun) - tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
- Sarraceniaceae, family Sarraceniaceae, pitcher-plant family (noun) - insectivorous plants
- Saururaceae, family Saururaceae, lizard's-tail family (noun) - family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia
- Staphylaceae, family Staphylaceae, bladdernut family (noun) - a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone
- Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family (noun) - a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales
- Symplocaceae, family Symplocaceae, sweetleaf family (noun) - a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales
- Theophrastaceae, family Theophrastaceae (noun) - family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae
- Thymelaeaceae, family Thymelaeaceae, daphne family (noun) - family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa
- Trapaceae, family Trapaceae (noun) - family comprising solely the genus Trapa
- Ulmaceae, family Ulmaceae, elm family (noun) - a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema
- Urticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle family (noun) - a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
- Vitaceae, family Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, grapevine family (noun) - a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
- asterid dicot family (noun) - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
- caryophylloid dicot family (noun) - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
- dilleniid dicot family (noun) - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
- hamamelid dicot family (noun) - family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
- magnoliid dicot family (noun) - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
- rosid dicot family (noun) - a family of dicotyledonous plants
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