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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of polypetalous trees of the order Lythrarieæ and tribe Lythreæ;, characterized by the change of the four-celled ovary in fruit into a small one-celled and many-seeded thin-walled capsule, inclosed within the enlarged bladdery calyx.

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