caryophylloid dicot family

Definitions of caryophylloid dicot family

1. noun

   family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
   types:

   Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family

   large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)

   Stellaria, genus Stellaria

   common chickweed; stitchwort

   Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae

   succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds

   Amaranthaceae, amaranth family, family Amaranthaceae

   cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs

   Batidaceae, family Batidaceae, saltwort family

   family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts

   Chenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family

   includes spinach and beets

   Allioniaceae, Nyctaginaceae, family Allioniaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, four-o'clock family

   a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales

   Cactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae

   constituting the order Opuntiales

   Phytolaccaceae, family Phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family

   chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma

   Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family

   family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas

   Beta, genus Beta

   beets

   type of:

   dicot family, magnoliopsid family

   family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination