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		va·le·ri·a·na·ce·ae \vəˌlirēəˈnāsēˌē\ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Valeriana, type genus + -aceae  : a family of herbs (order Rubiales) chiefly of temperate regions having opposite leaves and mostly cymose flowers, a regular or irregular corolla and free anthers, and an achene fruit crowned with a persistent calyx border • va·le·ri·a·na·ceous \ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nāshəs\ adjective |