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 WordNet 3.0

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 Open English WordNet

Caryophyllidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. Wikipedia