magnoliaceae
- n subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
magnoliid dicot family
- n family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
magnoliid dicot genus
- n genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
magnoliidae
- n a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
magnoliophyta
- n comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
magnoliopsid
- n flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside