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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous poly-petalous plants of the natural order Sterculiaceœ and the tribe Hermannieœ, characterized by the indefinite number of ovules and the reniform seeds with a curved embryo, and differing from
Hermannia in having the filaments dilated at the middle.
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