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from The Century Dictionary.
- A subtribe of leguminous plants, typified by the genus Lonchocarpus, belonging to the tribe Dalbergieæ, and distinguished by the generally opposite leaves and the transversely or laterally affixed, not pendulous, seeds. It embraces 9 genera of tropical trees and shrubs.
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