Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Liliaceae"

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) 1.7 (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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