family Asclepiadaceae
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~ widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
family Canellaceae
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~ one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
family Clupeidae
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~ herrings; shad; sardines; etc.
family Amygdalaceae
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~ used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
family Blechnaceae
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~ one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia
family Antennariidae
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~ frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers
family Colchicaceae
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~ one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa
family Belonidae
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~ ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
family Cannabidaceae
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~ two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae