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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of rosaceous plants, type of the tribe Poterieæ, characterized by pinnate leaves, absence of bractlets and petals, imbricated calyx, and herbaceous habit; the burnets.

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  • noun a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae

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