Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of leguminous plants of the suborder Cæsalpinieæ and the tribe Eucæsalpinieæ, distinguished by the broad peltate stigma.

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Examples

  • Species like Tropaelun peltophorum, Drymaria weberbaueri, and Dioscorea chancayensi are endemic to the hill formations.

    Sechura desert 2008

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