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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of dicotyledonous archichlamydeous plants of the order Chenopodiales, typified by the genus Basella, and characterized by flowers with 2 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens opposite the petals, a 3-merous gynœcium, and utricular fruit.

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