Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceæ.
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This is a new genus, approaching the alchornea of Swartz.] [* Ceyx alector, the peacock-pheasant; C. pauxi, the cashew-bird.]
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