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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An order of dicotyledonous sympetalous plants, regarded as the most highly developed in the vegetable kingdom and last to make their appearance in the geological history of the globe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae

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