dicot genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationgenus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs Alstonia, genus Alstonia - genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia Amsonia, genus Amsonia - genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America genus Carissa - Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus - small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca genus Plumeria, Plumeria, Plumiera - deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers genus Strophanthus - genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees genus Thevetia, Thevetia - genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers genus Primula - very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers |