dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Connaraceae, family Connaraceae, zebrawood family - mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae

Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae

family Mimosaceae, Mimosaceae - family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae

Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae

Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family - mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera

Rosidae, subclass Rosidae - a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae

evening-primrose family, family Onagraceae, Onagraceae - a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales

family Melastomaceae, family Melastomataceae, meadow-beauty family, Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae - a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals

Caesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae - spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae

Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae

family Papilionacea, Papilionaceae - leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae

Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae

family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens

balsam family, Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae - distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers

family Geraniaceae, Geraniaceae, geranium family - chiefly herbaceous plants

Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees

Callitrichaceae, family Callitrichaceae - dicot aquatic herbs

family Malpighiaceae, Malpighiaceae - tropical shrubs or trees

family Meliaceae, mahogany family, Meliaceae - tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees

family Lepidobotryaceae, Lepidobotryaceae - family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa

family Oxalidaceae, Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family - a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers

family Polygalaceae, milkwort family, Polygalaceae - trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres

family Rutaceae, rue family, Rutaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent

family Simaroubaceae, quassia family, Simaroubaceae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit

family Tropaeolaceae, nasturtium family, Tropaeolaceae - coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum