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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A tribe of plants of the order Phytolaccaceæ, characterized by a four- or five-parted calyx, a one-celled ovary, and an indehiscent dry or fleshy fruit, containing a single seed with two plicate-convolute seed-leaves.

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