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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A subfamily of monocotyledonous plants, of the order Araceæ, characterized by the netted-veined or lateral-veined two-ranked or spiral leaves, by the flowers usually having both stamens and pistils and anatropous ovules, and by the absence of laticiferous vessels and intercellular hairs.

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