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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the natural order Magnoliaceæ and the tribe Magnolieæ, characterized by introrse anthers, by having the cluster of pistils raised on a stalk, and by the many-seeded carpels.
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The late respected Sir W. Jones, in his Botanical Observations printed in the Asiatic Researches Volume 4 suspects that by it must be meant the Kaempferia bhuchampac, a plant entirely different from the michelia; but as this supposition is built on
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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