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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, one of the principal genera of the natural order Commelinaceæ, comprising about 90 species. Several are cultivated on account of their delicate flowers or graceful habit, and the tuberous roots of some species are said to be used for food. Also spelled
Commelyna .
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- noun any plant of the genus Commelina
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