Associations to the word «Agavaceae»

Wiktionary

AGAVACEAE, proper noun. (archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales   — the agaves, yuccas etc; now treated as subfamily Agavoideae within Asparagaceae.

Dictionary definition

AGAVACEAE, noun. Chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats