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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The popular name of plants of the genus Staphylea, natural order Sapindaceæ, given on account of their inflated fruit-capsule. The European S. pinnata and the S. trifolia of the Atlantic States are occasionally cultivated as ornamental shrubs. Central Asia, Japan, and California have also each a peculiar species.
- n. A name sometimes given to the pistachio, Pistacia vera.
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“Of the first the buckeye (_Æsculus_) (Fig. 108, _J_) and the bladder-nut (_Staphylea_) (Fig. 108, _G_) are the commonest native genera, while the horsechestnut (_Æsculus hippocastanum_) is everywhere planted.”
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
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