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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of polypetalous trees of the order Sapindaceæ, characterized by four small erect and finally recurved petals, and by the fleshy annular disk, four-parted coriaceous two-celled capsule, and the two long compressed, broadly winged seeds.

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