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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Himanthaliaceae .
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We find its remains mixed in the rock, though sparingly, with those of a rough-edged plant, knobbed somewhat like the thong-like receptacles of _Himanthalia lorea_, which also threw off branches like the other, but diminished more rapidly.
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
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