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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petaloideous \Pet`al*oid"e*ous\, a. (Bot.)
Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline.
{Petaloideous division}, that division of endogenous plants
in which the perianth is wholly or partly petaline,
embracing the {Liliace[ae]}, {Orchidace[ae]},
{Amaryllide[ae]}, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Liliaceae
n : includes species sometimes divided among the following
families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae;
Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae;
Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae;
Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae;
Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae [syn: {Liliaceae},
{family Liliaceae}, {lily family}]
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