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Lily Family

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Noun

1. family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family

includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lily Family

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n.
A large family of plants, the Liliaceae, characterized by showy flowers with six tepals consisting of three petals and three petal-like sepals, parallel-veined leaves, and usually producing bulbs or rhizomes, including ornamentals such as the tulips and the tiger lily.

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