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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Agavaceae

Agas
Agastache
Agastache foeniculum
Agastache mexicana
Agastache nepetoides
Agastya
Agatha
Agatha Christie
Agathis
Agathis alba
Agathis australis
Agathis dammara
Agathis lanceolata
Agathis robusta
Agavaceae
Agave americana
Agave atrovirens
Agave cantala
Agave sisalana
Agave tequilana
Agdestis
Agdistis
Age of Enlightenment
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammals
Age of Man
Age of Reason
Age of Reptiles
Agee

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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