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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, founded by Linnæus, of the natural order Olacineæ, characterized by a much enlarged free fruiting calyx, and twice as many stamens as petals, “all bearing subglobose didymous anthers.

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