Friday, November 26, 2010

Corantus

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Abietaceae

noun Bot. Old name of a family of conifers, now named Pinaceae.

Type genus: Abies Mill.

Author: Gray.

Etymology

From modern Latin Abietaceae; from abies, abietis, «fir», and the Latin suffix -aceae, «-aceous».

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