English > agave family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae. |
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| Synonyms | Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, sisal family |
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| Member of | Liliales, order Liliales | An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae |
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| Members | Cordyline, genus Cordyline | Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs |
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| Dracenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae, Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae | One of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae |
| Nolina, genus Nolina | perennial plants resembling yucca |
| Polianthes, genus Polianthes | genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers |
| agave, century plant, American aloe | Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes |
| genus Agave | type genus of the Agavaceae |
| genus Dracaena | Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves |
| genus Sansevieria | Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family |
| genus Yucca | Tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms |
| Broader | liliid monocot family | family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae |
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| Spanish | agavaceae |
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| Catalan | agavaceae, Agavaceae |
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