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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of dicotyledonous gamopetalous plants, belonging to the natural order Myrsineæ, type of the tribe Mæseœ, characterized by the two-bracted calyx, the imbricate corolla, and flowers growing “in racemes.

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