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Noun: Asteridae
  1. 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
    - subclass Asteridae

Type of: class

Part of: class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida

Encyclopedia: Asteridae

Nearest

Aster ptarmicoides
Aster shortii
Aster tripolium
Aster turbinellis
Asteraceae
astereognosis
Asterias
asteriated
asterid dicot family
asterid dicot genus
Asteridae
asterion
asterisk
asterisked
asterism
asterismal
astern
asternal
asteroid
asteroid belt
asteroidal