Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Ericales —Jacob's ladder ,phlox , and related plants.
Etymologies
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Polemonium + -aceae
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"It could be in the Campanulaceae, or the Gentianaceae, the Polemoniaceae, the Boraginaceae-that's most likely, I think, forget-me-nots-but it could even be a variant of this one, the Anemone patens."
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