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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A series of monocotyledonous marine plants of the natural order Hydrocharideœ, characterized by having the cotyledon project beyond the thick radicle. It embraces the genera Enhalus, Thalassia, and Halophila, natives of the Indian and South Pacific oceans. Also called Thalassieæ.

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