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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a natural family of chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae.
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- noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
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Examples
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Xerophytic plants of the families cactaceae, agavaceae, euforbiaceae and moraceae predominate.
Cuban cactus scrub 2008
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Contrary to popular belief, the agave is not a member of the cactus family, but rather comprises its own distinct botanical family, agavaceae, related to the lily.
Cooking with Tequila: Mexico's National Drink Moves Into The Kitchen, part 1 2006
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Contrary to popular belief, the agave is not a member of the cactus family, but rather comprises its own distinct botanical family, agavaceae, related to the lily.
Cooking with Tequila: Mexico's National Drink Moves Into The Kitchen, part 1 2006
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Contrary to popular belief, the agave is not a member of the cactus family, but rather comprises its own distinct botanical family, agavaceae, related to the lily.
Cooking with Tequila: Mexico's National Drink Moves Into The Kitchen, part 1 2006
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Of the 151 species of endemic agavaceae that live in Mexico, 75 have restricted distributions in areas that served as "ecological" islands in the past; the Tamaulipan matorral is one of these areas.
Tamaulipan matorral 2007
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