family Araucariaceae
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～ tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae
family Bacillaceae
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～ typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores
family Ascaridae
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～ large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
family Characeae
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～ green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
family Cistaceae
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～ shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean
family Clethraceae
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～ coextensive with the genus Clethra
family Boletaceae
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～ family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
family Asparagaceae
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～ one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
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
— Noun
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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