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n. - A family of well-known conifers, such as cedar and spruce.

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  • Pinaceae the growth was: 1878, 8-10ths; 1879, 7-10ths; 1880, 6-10ths and
  • These are made up of Cupressaceae, Anacardiaceae, Pinaceae, Oleaceae, and Fagaceae families.
  • “True cedars,” by contrast, “are generally grown only in the Middle East and are scientifically classified in the Pinaceae (Pine) family and in the genus cedrus.”
  • After giving details in regard to particular trees, Sir Robert stated, as general deductions from his observations, that leaf-shedding trees, exclusive of the oak, suffered...
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