Definitions
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- noun a family of plants of order Geraniales
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As it is observed in Europe, that at the fall of the leaf the sap is conveyed towards the root, it would be curious to examine whether, within the tropics, the milky juices of the urticeae, the euphorbiaceae, and the apocyneae, descend also at certain seasons.
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The lactescent plants belong chiefly to the three families of the euphorbiaceae, the urticeae, and the apocineae.
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The euphorbiaceae assume the form of colossal trees, constituting a considerable part of its strange and luxuriant forest growth.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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As it is observed in Europe, that at the fall of the leaf the sap is conveyed towards the root, it would be curious to examine whether, within the tropics, the milky juices of the urticeae, the euphorbiaceae, and the apocyneae, descend also at certain seasons.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The lactescent plants belong chiefly to the three families of the euphorbiaceae, the urticeae, and the apocineae.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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