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leadwort family

DEFINITIONS OF: leadwort family

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n perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas

Synonyms:
Plumbaginaceae, family Plumbaginaceae, sea-lavender family
Type of:
dicot family, magnoliopsid family
family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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