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  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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