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from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of dicotyledonous, archichlamydeous (largely achlamydeous) plants of the order Piperales, typified by the genus Chloranthus, and characterized mainly by the 1–3 stamens united with each other (when more than one) and with the ovary.
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