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Noun: agave family
  1. Chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
    - Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, sisal family

Derived forms: agave families

Type of: liliid monocot family

Part of: Liliales, order Liliales

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Agathis alba
Agathis australis
Agathis dammara
Agathis lanceolata
Agathis robusta
Agavaceae
agave
Agave americana
Agave atrovirens
Agave cantala
agave family
Agave sisalana
Agave tequilana
agaze
AGC
Agdestis
Agdistis
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