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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of polypetalous trees of the order Simarubaceæ and tribe Simarubeæ, characterized by its four or five stamens without hairs, four or five petals not increasing in size, a four- or five-lobed disk, and solitary seeds without albumen.

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