lily family

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lily family - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lily family
      n 1: 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]