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Definition of Agavaceae
1. Noun. Chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Family
Group relationships: Liliales, Order Liliales
Member holonyms: Agave, American Aloe, Century Plant, Genus Agave, Cordyline, Genus Cordyline, Dracaenaceae, Dracenaceae, Subfamily Dracaenaceae, Subfamily Dracenaceae, Genus Dracaena, Genus Nolina, Nolina, Genus Polianthes, Polianthes, Genus Sansevieria, Genus Yucca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agavaceae
Literary usage of Agavaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The adaptive significance of variations in reproductive habit in the Agavaceae
II: Pollinator foraging behavior and selection for increased reproductive ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"Blue-eyed-grass Herbaceous perennial Dry fields, roadsides and open woods.
Agavaceae • Yucca flaccida Haw. Adam's-needle Herbaceous perennial FACW- FACW ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Agavaceae • Yucca flaccida Haw. Adam's-needle Herbaceous perennial Dry, sandy
soil, old homesites and abandoned plantings. ..."
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