family Convallariaceae
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~ one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
family Diapensiaceae
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~ north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales
family Eurylaimidae
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~ coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
family Elateridae
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~ click beetles and certain fireflies
family Dacrymycetaceae
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~ a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
family Cornaceae
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~ a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia
famine
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~ a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death