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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A general term for plants whose flowers are arranged in an ament or catkin, formerly considered, under various limitations, as forming a natural group, but separated by later botanists into several different orders, as Cupuliferœ, Salicaceœ, Platanaceœ, Myricaccœ, etc.

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