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nounflowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
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- composite considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
- hardwood the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
- spiraea a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae
- foxglove family a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
- urticales an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
- order gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
- family primulaceae a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
- rue family 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 haloragidaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales
- loganiaceae a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales