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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An Australian genus of orchidaceous plants of the tribe Neottieæ and the subtribe Diurideæ, characterized by the posterior sepal being broad and concave and the lateral ones narrow, the claw of the lip broad, and the blade ovate or lanceolate, recurved, and papillose, while the column is quite long and is not winged.

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