More than a passing resemblance

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Nerine ‘Fothergillii Major’.PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

Plants with common physical attributes are classified into families. Named after one of its members, a plant family generally ends in the Latin suffix "aceae" — meaning "resembling". For example, the Amaryllidaceae family is named after the belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna.

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