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orchidaceae |
2 definitions found 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]: Orchidaceae n : enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers [syn: {Orchidaceae}, {family Orchidaceae}, {orchid family}]
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