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Nyssaceae

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Nyssaceae [nə′sās·ē‚ē]
(botany)
A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Cornales characterized by perfect or unisexual flowers with imbricate petals, a solitary ovule in each locule, a unilocular ovary, and more stamens than petals.


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Chen, who is touring Taiwan as the highest-level Communist Chinese official ever to visit the island, also offered 17 Nyssaceae seedlings, a rare flowering plant that grows only on the mainland, saying the plants are gifts from the Qiang minority group in Sichuan's Wenchuan county, which was devastated by last May's massive earthquake.
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