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from The Century Dictionary.
- Originally, a suborder, now reduced to a tribe of plants of the order Myrtaceæ, based on the genus Leptospermum, chiefly characterized by the loculicidally dehiscent capsule. It embraces 33 genera, among which are Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, and Metrosideros.
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