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Noun: subclass Dilleniidae
  1. A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
    - Dilleniidae

Type of: class

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

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subclass Branchiopoda
subclass Caryophyllidae
subclass Cirripedia
subclass Cnidosporidia
subclass Commelinidae
subclass Copepoda
subclass Crossopterygii
subclass Diapsida
subclass Dibranchia
subclass Dibranchiata
subclass Dilleniidae
subclass Dipnoi
subclass Discomycetes
subclass Elasmobranchii
subclass Entomostraca
subclass Euascomycetes
subclass Euryalida
subclass Eutheria
subclass Exopterygota
subclass Hamamelidae
subclass Heterobasidiomycetes