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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of composite plants of the tribe Helenioideæ and the subtribe Tagctineæ, characterized by the elongated style with very short obtuse branches.
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Pollux (_Onomasticon_ iv.chap. 8, § 59) calls the instrument barbiton or barymite (from [Greek: barus], heavy and [Greek: mitos], a string), an instrument producing deep sounds; the strings were twice as long as those of the pectis and sounded an octave lower.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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