subclass asteridae

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   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

   SynonymsAsteridae

   Broaderclass

   Part ofDicotyledones

Questions about subclass asteridae

What does subclass asteridae mean?

subclass asteridae means "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".

What is another word for subclass asteridae?

Close synonyms include Asteridae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subclass asteridae a common word?

subclass asteridae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.