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Ambrosiaceae

noun
1.
In some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds.  Synonym: family Ambrosiaceae.



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... was also applied by Dioscorides and Pliny to certain herbs, and has been retained in modern botany for a genus of plants from which it has been extended to the group of dicotyledons called Ambrosiaceae, including Ambrosia, Xanthium and Iva, all annual herbaceous plants represented in America. Ambrosia maritima and some other species occur also in the Mediterranean ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


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