magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms

order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae

Calycanthus, genus Calycanthus - a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice

Chimonanthus, genus Chimonanthus - small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet