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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of dicotyledonous shrubs of the family Saxifragaceæ, including 3 species, natives of Australasia. It is characterized by its opposite three-lobed sessile leaves, which have the appearance of a six-leaved whorl, and by its axillary solitary flowers.
  • noun [lowercase] The Tasmanian name for Bauera rubioides, a handsome shrub with pink or white flowers and thin wiry branches which become so entangled as to form almost impenetrable thickets. Also called native rose, tanglefoot, and leg-ropes.

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