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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of apetalous plants of the order Monimiaceæ and the tribe Monimieæ, having its drupes on an enlarged disk-like receptacle, and diœcious flowers with parallel and distinct anther-cells, and numerous gland-bearing filaments.

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