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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A small natural order of apetalous, parasitic, fleshy, leafless or scaly plants, allied to the Aristolochiaceæ and to Nepenthes. It includes the East Indian genus Rafflesia, remarkable for its gigantic flowers.

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