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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 subclass Caryophyllidae
      n : a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or
          free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen
          (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants);
          contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae
          (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae;
          Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales);
          Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately
          to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a
          superorder [syn: Caryophyllidae]