Theophrastaceae
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Theophrastaceae
[‚thē·ə·fras′tās·ē‚ē] (botany)
A family of tropical and subtropical dicotyledonous woody plants in the order Primulales characterized by flowers having staminodes alternate with the corolla lobes.
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