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caryophyllidae
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caryophyllidae, n.
a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae ; Amaranthaceae ; Batidaceae ; Chenopodiaceae ; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales ); Nyctaginaceae ; Phytolaccaceae ; it corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales ; it is sometimes classified as a superorder. [WordNet 1.5]
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