Valerianaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Valerianaceous \Va*le`ri*an*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
     Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order
     ({Valerianaceae}) of which the valerian is the type. The
     order includes also the corn salads and the oriental
     spikenard.
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