Palaeodicots

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.3 Derived terms

English

Etymology

Recent (post-1995). The prefix "palaeo-" (="old") and the english "dicot", as this is a name for a group of more primitive (older) (former) dicots.

Proper noun

palaeodicots {plural only)

1. ((botany{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) an informal name for those angiosperms that belong to neither the clade labelled "eudicots" or "tricolpates" nor the clade labeled "monocots".

Famous palaeodicots are the magnolias and the waterlilies

Derived terms

• palaeodicot