| Noun | 1. | caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae - a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or 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 Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles Arenaria, genus Arenaria - sandworts Cerastium, genus Cerastium - mouse-eared chickweed Dianthus, genus Dianthus - carnations and pinks genus Drypis - one species genus Gypsophila, Gypsophila - Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers genus Hernaria, Hernaria - low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves genus Illecebrum, Illecebrum - one species: coral necklace genus Lychnis - genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly genus Minuartia, Minuartia - mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts genus Moehringia, Moehringia - low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers genus Paronychia, Paronychia - low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts genus Petrocoptis, Petrocoptis - perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis genus Sagina, Sagina - small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions genus Saponaria, Saponaria - mostly perennial Old World herbs genus Scleranthus, Scleranthus - small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel genus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly genus Spergula, Spergula - small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry genus Spergularia, Spergularia - chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry genus Vaccaria, Vaccaria - cow-cockles Carpobrotus, genus Carpobrotus - a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus Dorotheanthus, genus Dorotheanthus - a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus genus Lithops - genus of stemless South African succulents genus Mesembryanthemum, Mesembryanthemum - South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight genus Molluga, Molluga - carpetweeds genus Pleiospilos, Pleiospilos - perennial succulents of South Africa genus Tetragonia, Tetragonia - New Zealand spinach Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus - large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs Alternanthera, genus Alternanthera - genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera Celosia, genus Celosia - annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa Froelichia, genus Froelichia - genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed genus Gomphrena, Gomphrena - genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia genus Iresine, Iresine - genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs genus Telanthera, Telanthera - used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera Batis, genus Batis - small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs Chenopodium, genus Chenopodium - goosefoot; pigweed Atriplex, genus Atriplex - orach; saltbush genus Beta, Beta - beets Cycloloma, genus Cycloloma - a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae |