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asterid dicot family

asterid dicot family

9.0
A group of flowering plants that are mostly herbs and sometimes trees or shrubs
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : familia de los asteridos
  • Several important crops, such as tomatoes and potatoes, belong to the asterid dicot family.

Examples

  • The diversity of the asterid dicot family is evident in both temperate and tropical regions.

  • Botanists often study the evolutionary traits of the asterid dicot family when classifying flowering plants.

  • The asterid dicot family includes many popular garden plants.

  • Many flowers belong to the asterid dicot family.

  • Several important crops, such as tomatoes and potatoes, belong to the asterid dicot family.

  • Botanists often study the evolutionary traits of the asterid dicot family when classifying flowering plants.

  • The diversity of the asterid dicot family is evident in both temperate and tropical regions.

Synonyms

Asteraceae
vsasterid dicot family
  • Specialized
9.0

A large group of plants with flower heads made of many small flowers, like daisies and sunflowers

focuses on plant form, noting mostly herbs with some trees and shrubs
aster family
vsasterid dicot family
  • Specialized
5.3

A family of plants that have flowers like daisies and sunflowers

stresses botanical detail by referring to advanced dicotyledonous plant traits

Surface Forms

asterid dicot family singular
asterid dicot families plural

Morphology

asterid + dicot + family

The structure is largely compositional: 'dicot family' clearly denotes a taxonomic grouping of dicotyledonous plants and 'family' signals a scientific grouping. However, 'asterid' is a specialized botanical term not transparently analyzable by general learners, so the phrase is only partially predictable without domain knowledge.

Etymology

Asterid dicot family comes from words that describe the plants: asterid comes from a word for 'star' because many of the plants have star-shaped flowers, and dicot means 'two seed leaves' in a young plant. So the name points to a 'group' of related flowering plants that share these features.